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Schumann, John H. – Language Learning, A Journal of Research in Language Studies, 1997
This document presents a theory of how the psychology and neurobiology of stimulus appraisal influence variability in second language acquisition, and extends the notion of affect developed for second language acquisition to primary language acquisition and to cognition in general. The first chapter lays out a psychological framework that develops…
Descriptors: Caregiver Speech, Emotional Response, Language Acquisition, Language Attitudes
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Download full textKrashen, Stephen D. – Focus, 1991
The core of the case for bilingual education is that the principles underlying successful bilingual education emphasize the same factors that underlie successful language acquisition in general: understanding messages and obtaining comprehensible input; using background knowledge; and the development of literacy. The importance of the first…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Pack, Alice C., Ed. – 1970
This issue of "TESL Reporter" presents the following articles: "Language Acquisition and Dialectalism" by Patricia G. Adkins, "Supplementation of Opposites in Simple Predicate Expansion" by Yao Shen, and "Form Class Baseball: A TESL Game" by Alice C. Pack. The meaning today of dialectal speech, or "bidialectal speech," is addressed by Patricia…
Descriptors: English, English (Second Language), Form Classes (Languages), Grammar
Jannedy, Stefanie, Ed. – Working Papers in Linguistics, 1995
Reports of research in phonetics and psycholinguistics include: "Interaction with Autonomy: Defining Multiple Output Models in Psycholinguistic Theories" (Julie E. Boland, Anne Cutler); "Vocal Tract Evolution and Vowel Production" (K. Bretonnel Cohen); "Final Lowering in Kipare" (Rebecca Herman); "Gestural…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Articulation (Speech), Bantu Languages, Chinese
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1979
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 23 titles deal with the following topics: sex appropriate and sex inappropriate language; lexical retrieval and perceptual errors; naming deficits in anomia and aphasia; developmental discourse; pragmatic information and…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Black Youth, Child Language
Gladstein, Jill, Ed.; Silver, Rita Elaine, Ed. – Working Papers in Educational Linguistics, 1994
This collection of six papers consists of works in progress undertaken by students and faculty of the University of Pennsylvania's Language in Education Division of the Graduate School of Education. The papers are: (1) "Language Planning and Identity Planning: An Emergent Understanding" (Rebecca Freeman); (2) "Communicative…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Classroom Environment, Cultural Influences, Descriptive Linguistics
Perren, G. E., Ed. – 1979
This is the second of two volumes of working papers produced by working groups of the National Congress on Languages in Education. The papers in this volume are concerned with the relationship between the acquisition and teaching of the native language and the learning and teaching of other languages. The papers included are the following: (1)…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, English
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1980
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 32 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the development of young children's metalinguistic understanding of "letter,""word," and "sentence"; (2) modifications in speech to elderly conversationalists;…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Communication Skills
Barbara, Leila, Ed.; Rajagopalan, Kanavillil, Ed. – Revista de Documentacao de Estudos em Linguistica Teorica e Aplicada, 1999
These issues include the following articles: "Portuguese Philology in Brazil" (Heitor Megale, Cesar Nardelli Cambraia); "Implications of Brazilian Portuguese Data for Current Controversies in Phonetics: Towards Sharpening Articulatory Phonology" (Eleonora Cavalconte Albano); "Morphological Studies in Brazil: Data and…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Dialects, Foreign Countries, Grammar
Robertson, J. D. – 1977
This pamphlet is the eighth in a series of ten stemming from the view that language is central to learning, that teachers can gain insights into their work and into learning by examining the language of the classroom, and that current language theory can be the means to such insights. The pamphlet contains a discussion of the uses of language in…
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Expressive Language, Fiction
O Laoire, Muiris, Ed.; Stenson, Nancy, Ed. – Journal of Celtic Language Learning, 2000
This journal is an international review for researchers and teachers of modern Celtic languages. This volume contains seven articles. There are three research articles: "Issues in the Design of Irish Credited Courses" (Thomas W. Ihde); "Learning Irish for Participation in the Irish Language Speech Community outside the…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Nabors, Leslie K., Ed.; And Others – Working Papers in Educational Linguistics, 1995
This issue of working papers focuses on the relationship between the mind and language. Papers include the following: (1) "The Role of Language of Thought in Foreign Language Learning" (Andrew D. Cohen); (2) "UG Accessibility in Second Language Acquisition: Re-examining the Binding Parameter" (Howard Chen); (3) "Helping Philippe: Constructions of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, English (Second Language), Language Acquisition
Goodhall, P. E. – 1977
This pamphlet is the third in a series of ten stemming from the view that language is central to learning, that teachers can gain insights into their work and into learning by examining the language of the classroom, and that current language theory can be the means to such insights. Specifically, the pamphlet presents ideas drawn from a five-year…
Descriptors: Child Language, Classroom Communication, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1982
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 29 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) aspects of the organization of redundancy rules in the lexicon; (2) the adult role in early child language acquisition; (3) semantic categorization,…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Behavior Patterns, Child Language, Cognitive Style
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1980
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 29 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) stop/fricative variation; (2) the acquisition of relational comparatives; (3) teachers' turn taking sanctions in primary school lessons; (4) hearing as an age…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary Secondary Education, Grammar
