Herbert W Seliger

Biographic Data

ID746010
NAMEHerbert W Seliger
GIVEN NAMESHerbert W
FAMILY NAMESeliger
SIGNATURESELIGER H W
AFFILIATIONSQueens College, CUNY
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS13
TOTAL CITATIONS32
AUTHOR COUNT12
EDITOR COUNT1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1975
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1992
H-INDEX3

  • First Language Attrition

    Nancy C Dorian, Herbert W Seliger et al.ARTICLELanguage1992

  • First Language Attrition

    Open AccessHerbert W Seliger, Robert M VagoBOOKFirst Language Attrition1991

    First Language Attrition examines linguistic aspects of the attrition or loss of first language abilities in bilinguals through a collection of studies in various language groups. The phenomena of attrition are examined at both the individual bilingual and societal levels. This volume is divided into three sections: Part I surveys different aspects of existing empirical evidence to arrive at theoretical generalisations about language attrition. P…

  • Testing authentic language: The problem of meaning

    Open AccessHerbert W SeligerARTICLELanguage Testing1985

    In this paper, some of the ways in which meaning is extracted in authentic language contexts are discussed. The claim is made that it is always the case that some level of the language we use is imperfect or deviant from some putative ideal. Finally, two common contexts in which authentic but deviant language is the medium of communication are examined. In attempting to understand how participants manage to communicate in situations where the cod…

  • Classroom Oriented Research in Second Language Acquisition

    Leo A W Van Lier, Herbert W SeligerREVIEWTESOL Quarterly1985

  • The Language Learner as Linguist: Of Metaphors and Realities

    Herbert W SeligerARTICLEApplied Linguistics1983

    Journal Article The Language Learner as Linguist: Of Metaphors and Realities Get access HERBERT W. SELIGER HERBERT W. SELIGER Queens CollegeNew York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Applied Linguistics, Volume 4, Issue 3, Autumn 1983, Pages 179–191, https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/4.3.179 Published: 01 October 1983

  • Classroom‐Centered Research in Language Teaching: Two Articles on the State of the Art: Introduction

    Open AccessHerbert W SeligerARTICLETESOL Quarterly1983

    The following two articles were originally presented at the TESOL Research Committee's yearly session on the state of the art at the 16th Annual TESOL Convention in Honolulu in May, 1982. A third presentation at this session, on the role of instruction in second language learning, was given by Michael Long. Due to constraints on time, that article is not presented here and will appear in a future issue of the TESOL Quarterly

  • On the Possible Role of the Right Hemisphere in Second Language Acquisition

    Herbert W SeligerARTICLETESOL Quarterly1982

    Practitioners in second language acquisition are flooded with research findings that are difficult to assimilate. Often the guilt for the misapplication of such research findings must rest with the researchers who present findings as if they are absolute and conclusive and ready for direct application to the language classroom. I would like to illustrate the dangers of the hasty application of such knowledge with the following true story. An inst…

  • Research Notes

    Hilda Hernandez, Nancy Duke S Lay et al.ARTICLETESOL Quarterly1982

    Hilda Hernandez, Nancy Duke S. Lay, Zohreh Sotoodeh, Thom Hudson, Vanessa Flashner, Jan Lubin, Herbert Seliger, Miriam Eisenstein, Richard Allwright, Stephen Cooper, Andrew Cohen, Research Notes, TESOL Quarterly, Vol. 16, No. 3 (Sep., 1982), pp. 405-411

  • On the Nature and Function of Language Rules in Language Teaching

    Herbert W SeligerARTICLETESOL Quarterly1979Cited by: 4

    This article examines claims made for the monitor model with regard to the function of grammar as mechanisms which control the quality of the learner's language production under certain conditions. An experiment is reported in which subjects were asked to perform a language task which required the use of the indefinite article. After the task, subjects, including children and adults, were asked to explain their performance. Their verbal explanati…

  • Research Notes

    Herbert W Seliger, Robert Michael Ramsey et al.ARTICLETESOL Quarterly1977

    Herbert W. Seliger, Robert Michael Ramsey, Anne-Marie E. Stauble, Joan Schwartz, Stephen Krashen, Noel Houck, Paola Giunchi, Sharon Bode, Robert Birnbaum, Gerald Strei, Research Notes, TESOL Quarterly, Vol. 11, No. 3 (Sep., 1977), pp. 335-341

  • Does Practice Make Perfect: A Study of Interaction Patterns and L2 Competence1

    Open AccessHerbert W SeligerARTICLELanguage Learning1977Cited by: 18References: 5

    The study reported here postulates the existence of two types of language learners who can be characterized by the intensity with which they practice a second language (L2). Any verbal interaction requiring L2 is defined here as practice. Learners who interact intensively, who seek out opportunities to use L2 and who cause others to direct language at them are termed high input generators. Learners who either avoid interacting or play relatively …

  • The Role of Formal and Informal Environments in Second Language Learning: A Pilot Study

    Open AccessStephen D Krashen, Stephen Krashen et al.ARTICLELinguistics1976

  • The Essential Contributions of Formal Instruction in Adult Second Language Learning

    Stephen D Krashen, Stephen Krashen et al.ARTICLETESOL Quarterly1975Cited by: 10

    One way of investigating what happens to the language learning capacity at puberty is to examine what the essential contributions of formal instruction are: since formal instruction is so useful for the adult and non-essential for the child language learner, it is probably the case that the main contributions formal instruction makes are in just those areas where the LAD is affected at puberty. A feature-type comparison of language teaching metho…