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Language Simulations for Fostering Language Acquisition and Communicative Competence in Adult Second-Language Learners

Language Simulations for Fostering Language Acquisition and Communicative Competence in Adult Second-Language Learners

Angelene McLaren
Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 13
ISBN13: 9781609601959|ISBN10: 1609601955|EISBN13: 9781609601966
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-195-9.ch804
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McLaren, Angelene. "Language Simulations for Fostering Language Acquisition and Communicative Competence in Adult Second-Language Learners." Gaming and Simulations: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2011, pp. 1954-1966. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-195-9.ch804

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McLaren, A. (2011). Language Simulations for Fostering Language Acquisition and Communicative Competence in Adult Second-Language Learners. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Gaming and Simulations: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications (pp. 1954-1966). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-195-9.ch804

Chicago

McLaren, Angelene. "Language Simulations for Fostering Language Acquisition and Communicative Competence in Adult Second-Language Learners." In Gaming and Simulations: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 1954-1966. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2011. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-195-9.ch804

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Abstract

Language teachers and students are making a mass exodus in theory and practice in the field of secondlanguage instruction. They are leaving behind boring drills, nonsensical memorizations and endless strings of grammatical rules and are demanding a shift from traditional language learning to modern language acquisition. Language acquisition means being culturally literate and commutatively competent in a language (Byrnes, 2001). This change requires finding effective ways to facilitate this paradigm shift. This chapter will try to answer the following questions: Can language simulations foster language acquisition and communicative competence in adult second-language learners? It will also explore: what language acquisition is and how it is obtained; theoretical foundations of language acquisition; learning simulations and what makes them effective; language simulations – how and why they work; what simulations can do to promote communicative competence; a practical example; future applications and importance of language simulations; and what future research is necessary to fulfill this promise.

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