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Aparicio, Xavier; Bairstow, Dominique – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2016
Cinema is in part a reflection of our society and, in these times of cultural mix, it is more and more common to find different language communities appearing on-screen together. Thus, it is not unusual to have to process (voluntarily or not) more than one language throughout the day. From a cognitive point of view, language switching is widely…
Descriptors: Films, Code Switching (Language), Interference (Language), Multilingualism
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Argynbayev, Arman; Kabylbekova, Dana; Yaylaci, Yusuf – English Language Teaching, 2014
This study reflects intermediate level learners' opinion about employing films in the EFL classroom for teaching culture and avoiding negative language transfer. A total of 63 participants, aged 21-23, took part in the experiment in the Faculty of Philology at Suleyman Demirel University in Almaty, Kazakhstan. During the experiment the subjects…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Films, Teaching Methods
Gimeno, Ana, Ed. – European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL), 2011
"The EUROCALL Review" is published online biannually by the European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL). This issue offers regular sections on: (1) up-to-date information on Special Interest Groups; (2) reports on on-going CALL or CALL-related R&D projects in which EUROCALL members participate; (3) reports…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Information Technology, Foreign Countries, Interference (Language)
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Elston-Guttler, Kerrie E.; Gunter, Thomas C. – Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 2009
We investigate how L1 phonology and semantics affect processing of interlingual homographs by manipulating language context before, and auditory input during, a visual experiment in the L2. Three experiments contained German-English homograph primes ("gift" = German "poison") in English sentences and was performed by German (L1) learners of…
Descriptors: Sentences, Phonology, Second Language Learning, Language Acquisition