To be a native speaker means not to be a nonnative speaker’  

Oleh:

Han, ZhaoHong

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Second Language Research (Full Text & ada di PROQUEST) vol. 20 no. 2 (Apr. 2004), page 166 -187.
Topik: it underlies; and permeates; a signi cant bulk of SLA theory construction and empirical research
Fulltext: Zhao Hong Han.pdf (185.04KB)

Isi artikel

The construct of the native speaker is germane to second language acquisition (SLA) research; it underlies, and permeates, a signi cant bulk of SLA theory construction and empirical research. Nevertheless, it is one of the least investigated (and for that matter, least understood) concepts in the eld. Even a cursory reading of the major SLA literature would not yield one readily available de nition that captures the essential uses that have been made of the concept: including, but not limited to, setting the native speaker as a goal or a model for SLA or using the native speaker as a yardstick to measure second language knowledge. As is, the concept remains assumed¡ based on common sense observation and intuition¡rather than exposed to scienti c inquiry. In this article I would like to draw attention to this pivotal yet much neglected concept by reviewing Davies (1991; 2003) on the native speaker. A by no means exhaustive account, the books outline principal parameters for considering the native speaker concept, thereby providing a useful basis for further inquiry.

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