The difference between what teachers say and what learners understand

What is it about?

The paper argues for SLA research that focuses more on what learners understand than on what teachers and researchers say. It suggests that one way of doing this is autoethnographies in which learner/researchers investigate their own learning.

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Why is it important?

Much SLA research assumes that input is the trigger for language development. However, if learners do not understand what is said or what they read it will not impact on language development and so research which focuses on input rather than intake will give a misleading description of language development.

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