The Application of Second Natural Language Acquisition Pedagogy to the teaching of Programming Languages - A Research Agenda

Abstract

The writing of programs is one of the central activities in computer science education, yet frequently it is poorly taught. In this paper we argue that some of the most recent principles emerging from research into and the successful teaching of second natural languages might be applied to the teaching of programming languages. The paper begins by reviewing the historical development of the teaching of both second natural languages and programming languages. It continues with a manifesto for potential research areas, in order to test these ideas further. © 1995, ACM. All rights reserved.