"Use it or lose it?" - Zum Phänomen der Foreign Language Attrition.

Autor/in	Schöpper-Grabe, Sigrid
Titel	"Use it or lose it?" - Zum Phänomen der Foreign Language Attrition.
Quelle	In: Zeitschrift für Fremdsprachenforschung, 9 (1998) 2, S. 231-263Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Anmerkungen
Sprache	deutsch; englische Zitate
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0939-7299
Schlagwörter	Sprachlehrforschung; Gedächtnis; Produktive Fertigkeit; Rezeptive Fertigkeit; Lernprozess; Didaktische Grundlageninformation; Sprachkompetenz; Fremdsprachiger Spracherwerb; Sprachbehinderung; Forschungsbericht
Abstract	Almost everybody who has learned a foreign language shares the experience of forgetting the acquired language skills once the period of formal instruction is over. However, the question of forgetting a foreign language has attracted serious scientific attention only since the early eighties, even though the study of the process of foreign language loss may contribute to the understanding of foreign language learning and teaching. The article presents a review of literature on the phenomenon of foreign language attrition, i. e. the deterioration of foreign language skills. First, foreign language attrition research is introduced. Then, after a brief discussion of the relevant theories of forgetting, this paper focuses on studies that have investigated the characteristics of foreign language attrition: what is lost, how much is lost, and why are language skills lost when they are not being used? Furthermore, methodological implications of foreign language attrition research are discussed. (Verlag, adapt.).
Erfasst von	Informationszentrum für Fremdsprachenforschung, Marburg
Update	2000_(CD)