- Critical Language Awareness explores the intersections of language and power
- Circumstantial bilingualism is the idea that a person may be proficient in English for specific situations, but less capable in others
- All of a person’s linguistic ability is combined into a single linguistic repertoire
- Anxiety is a major obstacle to learning a foreign language
Grammar
- Feedback on content was found to be more effective than feedback on grammar and sentence structure
- Correcting non-treatable errors are less effective in helping students avoid errors in the future
Pragmatics
- Discussion skills like articulating, defending, and providing evidence for an idea are what helps us learn
- Civil attention is the appearance of paying attention and participating in discussion while the person is not actually listening