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EN 280 Perspectives on Language Acquisition
A study of what it means to "know" a language and how speakers build communicative competence in both first and second languages. Special emphasis is given to the difference between child and adult second-language learners, barriers to language learning, and the cross-cultural problems involved in learning a second language. (3)
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