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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Second language acquisition--Research"”.
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The Possibility of Mutual Benefit from Exchange between the Philosophy of Language and Second Language Acquisition Research and Pedagogy
… component and a pragmatic component. The second part of the dissertation establishes a connection between the philosophy of language and second language acquisition research and pedagogy by presenting two cases in which an analysis of a feature of English in the one discipline is …
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Speech Intelligibility and Bilingualism: The Effects of Age of Acquisition
One of the central questions of second language acquisition research has been what affect age of acquisition has on the language learner's eventual proficiency in a second language. Researchers have tried to determine whether there is a strong correlation between age of onset and fluency in the …
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A Study of the Linguistic Semantic and Sociolinguistic Components of the English Modal System
… to both instructors and learners of English as a second language (ESL). The purpose of this study was to determine what these components are and how they affect communication. I begin by defining what modality is and how it is manifested in English. The focus is upon the one-word modals and not …
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Organisation des bilingualen Gehirns : eine EEG-Studie zum Einfluss von Erwerbsalter und Sprachniveau
… is a topic of controversal discussion in the second language acquisition research (e.g. Birdsong, 1999). Studies using brain imaging techniques as well as electrophysiological studies provide inhomogeneous findings of the brain organization of first and second language (e.g. Indefrey, 2006). …
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Attitudes, backgrounds and leadership efficacy of English as a second language program directors in Indiana schools : implications for policy, leadership and professional development
This study researched the preparedness of English as a Second Language directors in school corporations in Indiana to determine their background experiences, awareness of second language acquisition research, levels of qualification, attitudes towards English learners (ELs), efficacy for leading …
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ITSICALL: investigating teaching strategies in computer assisted language learning
… Teaching Strategies in Computer Assisted Language Learning). It is an original piece of research with school children in London which uses a variety of L2 research methods, i.e..error analysis, contrastive analysis and learner interviews, to inspire the design of the computer program , …
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Il lessico in corsi universitari di italiano l2
… in teaching and learning Italian as a foreign language. In recent decades, in fact, the crucial importance of vocabulary has been repeatedly reaffirmed within the disciplines that deal with the learning of second languages as well as in language teaching, although in the past has not always …
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Context-driven research on and for multilingual learners: Developing and disseminating a research agenda for international education
The publications submitted as the body of research for this PhD by Published Work are the result of four research projects, spanning 20 years of work over four continents with families, organisations, and schools. At the heart, they tell the story of a journey from practitioner to mentor …
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Thinking outside the box: processing instruction and individual differences in working memory capacity
… resources. While there has been extensive research on the benefits of Processing Instruction in general and the role of individual differences in particular, no conclusive evidence has been found regarding the role of individual differences in Working Memory Capacity. To explore the …
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Checking recognition: do you remember and do you know in talk-in-interaction
… of this study and the avenues of future research. This dissertation addresses issues relevant to the field of conversation analysis, pedagogy, second language acquisition research, linguistics, cognitive science and sociology.
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The Elicited Imitation Task as a method for French proficiency assessment in institutional and research settings
This doctoral research investigates the validity of an Elicited Imitation Task (EIT) for evaluating French proficiency assessment in both research and classroom settings. The goal is to supplement the French tests used for placement at the University of Illinois. The motivation for the current …
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Task-based language test specifications designed for an adult tefl context in Morocco
… the course. Insights were drawn from Task-Based-Language Teaching (TBLT) for the application of the Criterion-Referenced Language Testing Development (CRLTD) Model (Lynch and Davidson 1994). CRLTD is a proactive process-method that has allowed the a group of expert TEF/SL instructors, including …
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L2 gender facilitation and inhibition in spoken word recognition
… gender facilitation and inhibition in second language (L2) learners' spoken word recognition. Native speakers of languages that have grammatical gender are sensitive to gender marking when hearing and recognizing a word. Gender facilitation refers to when a given noun that is preceded …