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Baldzikowski, Michael – Texas Papers in Foreign Language Education, 1988
Speech perception research is reviewed and organized around issues relevant to second language acquisition. Issues discussed include the concept of a critical period for speech perception as well as the effects of linguistic training and/or linguistic experience on speech perception. Speech perception in bilinguals, the relationship between speech…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Dialects, Language Acquisition, Language Research
Smith, Samuel – Texas Papers in Foreign Language Education, 1988
Research concerning the success factors in language immersion education is reviewed, focusing on five major schools of thought. First, the traditional model for immersion research, implemented in a Montreal (Canada) suburb is examined. Then three studies of the influence of affective variables in immersion program success are examined, and it is…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Instructional Effectiveness, Language Research, Linguistic Theory
Cobb, Victoria – Texas Papers in Foreign Language Education, 1989
A discussion of the process of learning to write in a second language (L2) looks at how theory and research on first language (L1) composition and L2 acquisition influence the study of L2 composition. Three perspectives are examined: (1) the approach to writing that focuses on the text itself, including comparison of native L1 and L2 rhetorical…
Descriptors: Language Research, Learning Processes, Linguistic Theory, Second Language Instruction
Proctor, Claude O., Jr. – Texas Papers in Foreign Language Education, 1988
The research in this paper was motivated by continuing Soviet claims that the country's language problems have been solved. First, the nature of Soviet nationality policy is reviewed, and then available evidence and the question of linguistic and cultural assimilation of the non-ethnic Russian minorities through Russian language and culture are…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Demography, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries
Download full textMoragne e Silva, Michele – Texas Papers in Foreign Language Education, 1988
The questions of if and how writing in a second language is the same as writing in the first were investigated in a review of the literature. After a review of research in first language (L1) composing since Emig's 1971 "composing aloud" study, research in second language (L2) composing is also examined. Studies on the relationship between L1 and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Language Acquisition, Language Research
Phillips, Elaine M. – Texas Papers in Foreign Language Education, 1988
Because interest in oral proficiency on the part of foreign language educators has persisted on several fronts, the common problems that teachers face in implementing oral testing are discussed, and possible solutions are offered. The problems discussed include the following: (1) how to find the time; (2) how to develop tests; and (3) how to…
Descriptors: Grading, High Schools, Higher Education, Language Proficiency
