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How Output Outweighs Input and Interlocutors Matter for Study-Abroad SLA: Computational Social Network Analysis of Learner Interactions
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Paradowski, Michal B.; Cierpich-Koziel, Agnieszka; Chen, Chih-Chun; Ochab, Jeremi K. – Modern Language Journal, 2022
This data-driven study framed in the interactionist approach investigates the influence of social graph topology and peer interaction dynamics among foreign exchange students enrolled in an intensive German language course on second language acquisition (SLA) outcomes. Applying the algorithms and metrics of computational social network analysis…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Social Networks, Network Analysis, German
The Teaching of College German under a Modular System
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Richardson, Horst F. – Modern Language Journal, 1973
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Flexible Scheduling, German, Intensive Language Courses
A New Approach to Language Learning for Graduate Students
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Benseler, David P.; Mazur, Gertrud S. – Modern Language Journal, 1973
An experimental, intensive German language course for graduate students at Washington State University is described. (RL)
Descriptors: College Language Programs, College Students, German, Graduate Students
Practical Guidelines and Activities for an Advanced Foreign Language Intensive Program.
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Keilstrup, Duane V. – Modern Language Journal, 1981
Describes a summer intensive advanced German language program at the University of Texas at Arlington that has been conducted since 1975. Discusses course organization, teaching methods, class activities, testing, and the success of the program in terms of increasingly higher achievement ratings. (MES)
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, College Second Language Programs