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Knowing, Using and Liking English as an Additional Language

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Fishman, Joshua A. – TESOL Quarterly, 1977

This paper explores some of the relationships between knowing, using and liking English as an additional language. Data was gathered from teachers and students in India, Indonesia and Israel. In predicting acquisition and use, non-attitudinal factors are primary whereas attitudinal factors are primary in predicting attitudes. (CFM)

Descriptors: Affective Behavior, English (Second Language), Language Attitudes, Language Usage

The Interaction between Task and Meaning Construction in EFL Reading Comprehension Tests.

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Gordon, Claire M.; Hanauer, David – TESOL Quarterly, 1995

Investigated the interrelationship between meaning construction and testing tasks in English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) tests written in both Hebrew and English taken by 28 Israeli 10th graders. Results found that the testing task functioned as an additional information source that was used by the students to develop mental models of English…

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Grade 10, High School Students