Over the years, two conceptions of the innate contribution to language learning and its elaboration during the learning process have been proposed.
These two aspects are in fact imbricated, as both hinge on Lacan's elaboration of language as a symbolic order that precedes and makes possible human subjectivity.
The CEFR provides "a common basis for the elaboration of language syllabuses, curriculum guidelines, examinations, textbooks, etc. across Europe" (Council of Europe 2001, p. 1).
As North (2014) articulated in his recent book The CEFR in Practice: The CEFR was developed with two broad aims: on the one hand to act as a stimulus for reflection on current practice and on the other hand to provide a common reference point for the elaboration of language syllabuses, curriculum guidelines, examinations and textbooks across Europe.
Interviews were conducted in English, although fieldworkers were fluent in relevant local languages in case further elaboration was needed.
Ms. Stuart's language partakes of 19th-century elaboration and 20th-century directness.
The paper "Is Mathematics a Syntax of Language?" paper is an extended elaboration of just this point.
Some other studies (e.g., Kim 1996; Urano 2000) have examined the effect of input flooding along with input elaboration on second language comprehension and vocabulary acquisition.
Based on the studies already carried out on input modification, the impact of input flooding, as well as input elaboration on different language skills and components, have been probed separately.
A study published last year found that learning a foreign language enhanced people's fluency, elaboration, originality, and flexibility, the four scales measured by the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking.
