Many theories have been proposed to account for the way in which the language learner successfully maps words onto the correct objects, concepts, and actions.

Each course has a robust integrated project that pushes the language learner to stretch his or her fluency level.

A flurry of studies in the 1970s, often labelled the good language learner studies, sought to identify the distinctive factors of successful learners.

If a second language learner relies solely on word associations to learn new vocabulary, that person will have a very difficult time mastering false friends.

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