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Showing 1 to 20 of 97 for “"First and Second Language Acquisition"”.
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Literacy Learning Experiences of Four Language Minority Students: The Principles of Importance
… of this study also suggest the multiplicity and complexity of the factors that complicate the participating students' literacy learning. First, literacy progress is impacted by language programs provided at school and parental literacy support at home. Second, the parents' views or beliefs …
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Metacognitive Instruction in L2 French: An Analysis of Listening Performance and Automaticity
… strategies to improve listening comprehension and the automaticity of listening processes. Metacognition can be described as focusing attention on the cognitive processes one is currently using. In the classroom, metacognitive listening instruction means guiding learners in applying …
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Heritage language maintenance: a Mexican American mother's success with raising bilingual children
… creating diglossia—with Spanish spoken at home and church and English spoken in school and community as recommended by Hakuta and others. Trained as a teacher in Mexico, this mother brought her children to full cultural literacy as well as bilingualism by practicing heritage traditions and …
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Medium of instruction and its effect on matriculation examination results for 2000, in Western Cape secondary schools : a study of examination results in relation to home language and language medium
… In the educational domain, for example, language medium is an essential element in all learning, but, as this study shows, we still have the situation where premature learning through an insufficiently developed second or third language impacts negatively on quality of education and on …
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The Effectiveness Of Teaching Methods In Traditional Amish Schoolhouses In Lawrence County, TN
… in Lawrence County, Tennessee is one of a handful in Tennessee, and, with a population of 1,500 and more than ten church districts, is the largest in the South and one of the top 20 in the nation. This particular Amish community was colonized when three families led by Dan Yoder, Joe Yoder, …
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The Effects Of Anxiety On Second Language Acquisition
Anxiety occurs in second/foreign language learning. A large body of previous research has demonstrated the effect of language anxiety on second/foreign language learning. Many studies have found anxiety has a debilitating effect on language learning. Factors associated with anxiety have also been …
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The Effect of De-Contextualized Multimedia Software on Taiwanese College Level Students' English Vocabulary Development
… been applied widely as an educational tool in second language learning for a long time. There have been many studies discussing the application of computer technology to different aspects in second language learning. However, the learning effect of both de-contextualized multimedia software and …
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An investigation of communication strategy use in reception
This thesis is a theoretical and empirical investigation of communication strategy use in the receptive behaviour of second/foreign language learners. The investigation is descriptive in design, and seeks to describe the phenomenon of communication strategies both as a constituent of communicative …
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Academic And Language Socialization Of Russian Ma Tesl Students At Us Universities: Struggles, Triumphs, And New Identities
… portion of student body in us universities and around the world. For many students, study abroad is a holistic and a life-changing experience. Life in a foreign country and everyday exposure to new social and academic cultures make international students undergo an uneasy academic …
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The Relationship Between Student Self-Efficacy And English Proficiency In A University Intensive English Program
… the relationship between learner self-efficacy and English-language proficiency in a native English environment involving participants from various non-native English backgrounds. Participants were 43 English language learners in a university-level Intensive English Program in the Southeast …
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Cultivating a Rainbow Median Through the Study of Sexuality in Second Language Acquisition: Identity Construction of Lesbian Women Native to the Southern Region of the United States
… concerning the dissimilarities between male and female speakers, there is a general consensus that there is relevance in the relationship between gender and language, especially when considering the sociolinguistic effects of gender in second language acquisition and for the L2 learner. While …
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Explicit Grammar Instruction and the Acquisition of Second Language Verbal Morphology: A Framework for Generalized Learning in Second Language Acquisition
… dissertation outlines a framework for understanding variation in ultimate attainment and syntactic structure in second language acquisition by positing a distinction between competence-based and generalized learning processes. Within this framework, competence-based learning is theorized to …
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Ellipsis in science and technology textbooks in English: Implications for Thai students
… ability to interpret elliptical sentences and to recover and recognise ellipted elements in a science and technology context in English. Students' awareness, understanding, perceptions, problems and strategies in relation to ellipsis were also examined. The subjects for the study were 60 …
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Comparing The Teaching Of Culture In ESL/EFL Classrooms
… in investigating if culture is approached in efl and esl classrooms. If it is, we want to know the differences in curriculum (textbooks and syllabi), especially as it pertains to cultural knowledge, in an efl class in Brazil, compared to an esl class in the united states. We will also investigate …
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