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Critical Reflections on Data in Second Language Acquisition. Language Learning & Language Teaching. Volume 51
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Gudmestad, Aarnes, Ed.; Edmonds, Amanda, Ed. – Language Learning & Language Teaching, 2018
This edited volume offers critical reflections on an essential component of research method in the field of second language acquisition -- data. Scholars working on diverse areas (e.g., pragmatics, corrective feedback, phonology) and approaches (e.g., corpus linguistics, concept-oriented analyses, variationism) have come together to identify…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Pragmatics, Role Playing
Language Proficiency in Native and Non-Native Speakers: Theory and Research. Language Learning & Language Teaching. Volume 41
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Hulstijn, Jan H. – Language Learning & Language Teaching, 2015
This book, written for both seasoned and novice researchers, presents a theory of what is called Basic and Higher Language Cognition (BLC and HLC), a theory aimed at making some fundamental issues concerning first and second language learning and bilingualism (more) empirical. The first part of the book provides background for and explication of…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Bilingualism
The Cambridge Handbook of Language Learning. Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics
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Schwieter, John W., Ed.; Benati, Alessandro, Ed. – Cambridge University Press, 2019
Providing a comprehensive survey of cutting-edge work on second language learning, this "Handbook," written by a team of leading experts, surveys the nature of second language learning and its implications for teaching. Prominent theories and methods from linguistics, psycholinguistics, processing-based, and cognitive approaches are…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Educational Theories
Listening Comprehension Strategies: A Review of the Literature
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Berne, Jane E. – Foreign Language Annals, 2004
Numerous studies related to listening comprehension strategies have been published in the past two decades. The present study seeks to build upon two previous reviews of listening comprehension strategies research. Of particular interest in this review are studies dealing with the types of cues used by listeners, the sequence of listening,…
Descriptors: Inferences, Cues, Listening Comprehension, Learning Strategies
Proficiency-Based Instruction: Implications for Methodology.
Hadley, Alice Omaggio – Issues and Developments in English and Applied Linguistics (IDEAL), 1988
Issues in second language teaching methodology are discussed in light of the concept of proficiency as defined in the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Proficiency Guidelines. It is proposed that rather than think in terms of identifying one optimal methodology for all second language learners, the profession should be…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Competency Based Education, Language Proficiency, Language Research
In Second Language Acquisition/Foreign Language Learning, Nothing Is More Practical than a Good Theory.
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Savignon, Sandra J. – Issues and Developments in English and Applied Linguistics (IDEAL), 1988
A discussion of the relationship between second language acquisition (SLA) and foreign language learning (FLL) focuses on how theory influences language teaching. It is noted that SLA research has brought new interest in teaching materials and methodologies to many in the foreign language profession, but that there are also many who, impatient…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Comparative Analysis, Educational Trends, Error Correction