Date:
November 1979
Page No.:
7
Writer(s):
Paul G. La Forge
The purpose of this article is to focus on the epigenetic or growth principle in Community Language Learning (hereafter CLL). The nature of the epigenetic principle (Erik Erikson, 1959) and its application to CLL are explained in Parts One and Two. An epigenetic diagram for second language acquisition within the CLL scope is proposed in Part Three. By way of conclusion, an appeal for greater awareness of human growth in the acquisition of second language is addressed
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