Some Transparency Theory Concepts Applied to a Language Acquisition Project
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/cj.v4i2.17-23Keywords:
acquisition, audiodisc, EXITO, microTICCIT, simulation, Spanish, tacit holism, transparency theory, videodiscAbstract
This paper describes the use of transparency theory in second language acquisition and in particular its use as applied to a survival, or entry, level Spanish language training effort called the EXITO project. The use of audio and video in the EXITO project to enhance the application of concepts of transparency theory is also described.References
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