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The Teaching of Pragmatics by Native and Nonnative Language Teachers: What They Know and What They Report Doing
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Cohen, Andrew D. – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2016
The paper focuses on how nonnative teachers of a target language (NNTs) deal with pragmatics in their classes. It starts with a discussion of what pragmatics entails. Next, issues relating to the teaching of pragmatics are identified, such as the language background of the teacher, comparisons between second- (L2) and foreign-language (FL)…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Pragmatics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Achieving Academic Control in Two Languages: Drawing on the Psychology of Language Learning in Considering the Past, the Present, and Prospects for the Future
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Cohen, Andrew D. – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2015
This paper first considers what it means to become truly proficient in a language other than the native one. It then looks briefly at the evolution of dual language programs. Next, it focuses on the issue of whether the first language (L1) or the second language (L2) serves as the language of mediation. Other dual language program issues are then…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Second Language Learning, Bilingual Education Programs, Language Proficiency