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Evaluating Translation as an Explicit Instruction Tool to Improve L2 Written Skills: An Empirical Study
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Pariente-Beltran, Beatriz – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Some have argued in favor of translation in the L2 classroom (Danchev, 1983; Levenston, 1985; Ballester Casado, 1991; Newson, 1998; Malloy, 2001; Bonyadi, 2003; Colina, 2006; Kulwindr, 2005; Petrocchi, 2006; House, 2008), while others have argued against it (Sweet, 1899/1964; Jespersen, 1901/1904; Lado, 1957, 1964; Gatenby, 1967; Sankey, 1991),…
Descriptors: Translation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Spanish
Examining the Use of Computers in Writing by Learners of Japanese as a Foreign Language: Analysis of Kanji in the Handwritten and Typed Domains
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Dixon, Michael – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study compares second-year Japanese university students' strategies to write kanji by hand with their strategies to produce the kanji characters on a computer, taking into account factors such as accuracy in writing, the amount of kanji used, the complexity of the kanji used, as well as how the characters used compare with the sequence…
Descriptors: Japanese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Comparative Analysis