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 | | Contrastive analysis, a comparative analysis of two languages, their similarities and their differences, was thought by many in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s to be a useful predictor of where second language students would likely encounter problems in learning a second language. |
 | | That was a large body of language that none of the students had acquired: if they didn't know it, at some point it should have been taught. |
 | | But, as cognitivism gained credibility relative to behaviorism, it was natural that researchers should turn their attentions to the role of thought processes in language acquisition: this can cover broad areas including psychology, physiology, areas most often associated with psycholinguistics, and I hardly want to bore the layperson by getting into that. |
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