Publications

Publication details [#3111]

Ervin-Tripp, Susan M. 1967. An Issei learns English. Journal of Social Issues 23 (2) : 78–90.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

foreign language acquisition

Language as a subject

English, L2-acquisition of | Japanese

Annotation

E. investigates two aspects of the acquisition of English in a group of Issei (first generation immigrant Japanese wives of American servicemen). Why do some learn English faster than others, and why do some learn what to say as well as how to say it in English?

Reprints

Ervin-Tripp, Susan M. 1973. In Ervin-Tripp, Susan M., ed. Language acquisition and communicative choice. Stanford UP. pp. 62–77.