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Direct linkKharkhurin, Anatoliy V. – Multilingual Matters, 2012
In this monograph, Anatoliy V. Kharkhurin presents the results of his empirical investigation into the impact of multilingual practice on an individual's creative potential. Until now, the relationship between these two activities has received little attention in the academic community. The book makes an attempt to resuscitate this theme and…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Creativity, Age, Language Acquisition
TESOL Press, 2013
"Standards for ESL/EFL Teachers of Adult Learners" offers performance indicators, vignettes, and evaluation tools for instructors. These clearly organized components will help instructors identify the qualities and practices to pursue in their teaching. The standards in this book address planning, instructing, and assessing as the basis…
Descriptors: Adult Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Adult Students
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
Andres, Susan; Pine, Felicity – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2012
In nine cohesive chapters, "Success in School" covers the essential skills and strategies that are prerequisites to student success: how to promote a positive attitude, how to organize a work space, how to manage time, how to heighten reading comprehension, how to take notes, how to study for exams, how to approach and complete writing…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Reading Comprehension, Reference Materials, Language Skills
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Download full textQian, Kan, Ed.; Bax, Stephen, Ed. – Research-publishing.net, 2017
With the rise of the internet and new communication technologies, language learning has moved beyond the classroom walls. This volume presents a range of important studies on innovative ways for learning languages outside the classroom. Chapters discuss MOOCs in the UK, Belgium, China, and Italy for studying a range of languages, research on new…
Descriptors: Large Group Instruction, Online Courses, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Ruby Takanishi; Suzanne Le Menestrel – National Academies Press, 2017
Educating dual language learners (DLLs) and English learners (ELs) effectively is a national challenge with consequences both for individuals and for American society. Despite their linguistic, cognitive, and social potential, many ELs--who account for more than 9 percent of enrollment in grades K-12 in U.S. schools--are struggling to meet the…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Bilingualism, Teaching Methods, Elementary Secondary Education
Sato, Masatoshi, Ed.; Ballinger, Susan, Ed. – Language Learning & Language Teaching, 2016
This volume represents the first collection of empirical studies focusing on peer interaction for L2 learning. These studies aim to unveil the impact of mediating variables such as task type, mode of interaction, and social relationships on learners' interactional behaviors and language development in this unique and pedagogically powerful…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Kondo-Brown, Kimi, Ed.; Saito-Abbott, Yoshiko, Ed.; Satsutani, Shingo, Ed.; Tsutsui, Michio, Ed.; Wehmeyer, Ann, Ed. – National Foreign Language Resource Center at University of Hawaii, 2013
This volume is a collection of selected refereed papers presented at the Association of Teachers of Japanese Annual Spring Conference held at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa in March of 2011. It not only covers several important topics on teaching and learning spoken and written Japanese and culture in and beyond classroom settings, but also…
Descriptors: Japanese, Language Teachers, Second Language Instruction, Oral Language
Francis, Norbert – MIT Press (BK), 2011
When two or more languages are part of a child's world, we are presented with a rich opportunity to learn something about language in general and about how the mind works. In this book, Norbert Francis examines the development of bilingual proficiency and the different kinds of competence that come together in making up its component parts. In…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cognitive Psychology, Language Aptitude, Child Development
Murphy, Dianna, Ed.; Evans-Romaine, Karen, Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2016
A number of reports in the US have highlighted the country's need for improved second language skills for both national security and economic competitiveness. The Language Flagship program, launched in 2002, aims to raise expectations regarding language proficiency levels at the post-secondary level and to address structural gaps in the curricula…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, College Second Language Programs, Program Descriptions
Housen, Alex, Ed.; Kuiken, Folkert, Ed.; Vedder, Ineke, Ed. – Language Learning & Language Teaching (MS), 2012
Research into complexity, accuracy and fluency (CAF) as basic dimensions of second language performance, proficiency and development has received increased attention in SLA. However, the larger picture in this field of research is often obscured by the breadth of scope, multiple objectives and lack of clarity as to how complexity, accuracy and…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Native Speakers, Interlanguage, Speech Communication
Kondo-Brown, Kimi, Ed.; Brown, James Dean, Ed.; Tominaga, Waka, Ed. – National Foreign Language Resource Center at University of Hawaii, 2013
"Practical Assessment Tools for College Japanese" collects 21 peer-reviewed assessment modules that were developed by teachers of Japanese who participated in the Assessments for Japanese Language Instruction Summer Institute at University of Hawai'i at Manoa in summer 2012. Each module presents a practical assessment idea that can be…
Descriptors: Japanese, Language Teachers, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Fenner, Dianne Staehr; Kuhlman, Natalie – TESOL International Association, 2012
The growing number of English language learners (ELLs) entering U.S. classrooms has increased the demand for effective educators who work with this diverse student population. This book provides guidelines, examples, and strategies in applying the TESOL P-12 Professional Teaching Standards and serves as a resource to programs and teacher educators…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Teacher Effectiveness
Valdes, Guadalupe; Capitelli, Sarah; Alvarez, Laura – Teachers College Press, 2010
This timely and incisive book examines the ways in which English language proficiencies develop in newly arrived immigrant students. Beginning by describing the challenges faced by children who currently attend segregated schools in many parts of the country, the authors offer a detailed account of the developing English language proficiencies of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Second Language Learning, Immigrants, English (Second Language)
Bergsleithner, Joara M., Ed.; Frota, Sylvia Nagem, Ed.; Yoshioka, Jim K., Ed. – National Foreign Language Resource Center at University of Hawaii, 2013
This volume celebrates the life and groundbreaking work of Richard Schmidt, the developer of the influential Noticing Hypothesis in the field of second language acquisition. The 19 chapters encompass a compelling collection of cutting-edge research studies exploring such constructs as noticing, attention, and awareness from multiple perspectives,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Attention, Language Processing
