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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"second language development"”.
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The Role of Attention in Second Language Development
… study investigated the role of attention in language learning. I began by examining the most current research into how attention functions in the brain; then I discussed how attention as a cognitive mechanism is believed to fit into models of data processing and language learning. Once the …
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The Role of Attention in Second Language Development
… study investigated the role of attention in language learning. I began by examining the most current research into how attention functions in the brain; then I discussed how attention as a cognitive mechanism is believed to fit into models of data processing and language learning. Once the …
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Reading German in a Study Abroad Context
… should have more realistic expectations of second language development as a result of study abroad. There is much room for further research in the area of reading while studying abroad.
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The development of grammatical morphemes in the speech of young second language learners within a conversational context
This is a longitudinal study of the development of grammatical morphemes in the speech of young children using English as a second language in a classroom context. The theoretical standpoint adopted is that first and second language development in 'natural' contexts is facilitated by the same …
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The Mirror Up to Nature: Identity Exploration through Drama for English Language Learners
<p>It is widely accepted that language acquisition through content, arts integration, and identity development in concert with foreign or second language development are all important and valid approaches to ESOL education. However, there is a lack of literature addressing these three elements in …
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Determining the Differences between English Language Learners Who Exit Services and English Language Learners Who Become Long-Term ELLs: A Discriminant Analysis
… findings in this study indicate English as a second language development and literacy development for ELLs who enter the US school system in kindergarten are inseparable.
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Understanding SLA through peer interactions in a Chinese classroom: A sociocultural perspective
<p>Second language learning and development is a complex process that is situated in sociocultural settings. Classrooms provide such daily life settings in which language acquisition occurs via social interactions among peers and the instructor as well as other mediated means. The purpose of this …
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Teaching Dilemmas: Language Development for English Learners In a Hyper-Segregated Dual Immersion Program
… program.</p> <p>This qualitative study explored language development practices in both Spanish and English in a Northern California hyper-segregated DI elementary school, where almost all the students were English learners. The participants were four Latina and Spanish teachers of kindergarten …
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Second language writing development from a Complex Dynamic Systems Theory perspective : a multiple case-study of Hungarian learners of English
Second language (L2) writing (especially English as a foreign language) is generally considered as one of the most important skills that language learners need to acquire during their language education (Lee, 2016). However, L2 writing might be one of the most difficult skills for English as a …
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Bringing Pragmatics into the ESL Classroom
… in the cognitive and social dimensions of language use beyond single sentences, a great number of research studies have been conducted in order to examine nonnative speakers' ability to use language appropriately in a social context. Recently, with a growing understanding of the key role …
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Aro mai aro atu: Raising Māori-medium students' academic oral language proficiency
… worked systematically to eradicate the language and culture of the indigenous people of Aotearoa / New Zealand, and, by the late 1960s, the death of the Māori language was being predicted by leading linguists. Māori leaders responded in the 1980s with language regeneration initiatives …
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CHINESE CLASSIFIER ACQUISITION: COMPARISON OF L1 CHILD AND L2 ADULT DEVELOPMENT
… the long-debated issue of whether or not adult second language (L2) development is basically similar to child first language (L1) development. The thesis approaches the issue through research dealing with L1 acquisition of Chinese classifiers and a pilot study of L2 adult classifier acquisition. …
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CHINESE CLASSIFIER ACQUISITION: COMPARISON OF L1 CHILD AND L2 ADULT DEVELOPMENT
… the long-debated issue of whether or not adult second language (L2) development is basically similar to child first language (L1) development. The thesis approaches the issue through research dealing with L1 acquisition of Chinese classifiers and a pilot study of L2 adult classifier acquisition. …
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The role of the first language in second language learning for adult learners : a Vygotskian perspective
… of the present study is to provide a view of the second language learning process, in which the first language (LI) was used for second language learning (L2). Through data collected in authentic classrooms from two groups of learners, Level One and Level Two, it is hoped that the present study …