NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Language Management in Semi-Peripheral Game Production: How Foreign Workers in Czech Video Game Studios Experience the Use of English, Czech, and Other Slavic Languages
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Jan Houška – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2025
The paper applies language management theory to study the interactions of international with local workers (simple management) and language policies (organised management) in 10 Czech video game studios. By longitudinally interviewing foreign game developers from Central-Eastern and Western Europe, as well as North and South America, I identified…
Descriptors: Video Games, Slavic Languages, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
'It Is Natural for Everyone to Speak Their Language'. "Lingua receptiva" in the Polish-Czech Borderland -- A Sociolinguistic Approach
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Nieporowski, Piotr; Steciag, Magdalena; Zábranský, Lukáš – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2023
The following article attempts to characterise the current changes in the communication of people living in the area of Polish-Czech borderland based on the results of the study conducted in 2018 and 2019. The aim is to determine the dominant mode of supranational communication, as well as the reason behind its prevalence by analysing the language…
Descriptors: Polish, Slavic Languages, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Lexical Cross-Linguistic Influence: A Study of Three Multilingual Learners of L3 English
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Efeoglu, Gulumser; Yüksel, H. Gülru; Baran, Suat – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2020
In a world where multilinguals outnumbered monolinguals, the study of the third language (L3) acquisition has been an area of interest for many researchers. This case study investigates the lexical cross-linguistic influence of previously acquired languages on the subsequent acquisition of English as L3 by Pomak multilingual speakers residing in…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Transfer of Training, Language Proficiency
The Development of L2 Oral Language Skills in Two L1 Groups: A 7-Year Study
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Derwing, Tracey M.; Munro, Murray J. – Language Learning, 2013
Researching the longitudinal development of second language (L2) learners is essential to understanding influences on their success. This 7-year study of oral skills in adult immigrant learners of English as a second language evaluated comprehensibility, fluency, and accentedness in first-language (L1) Mandarin and Slavic language speakers. The…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Oral Language, Native Language, English (Second Language)
Shared Features of L2 Writing: Intergroup Homogeneity and Text Classification
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Crossley, Scott A.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Journal of Second Language Writing, 2011
This study investigates intergroup homogeneity within high intermediate and advanced L2 writers of English from Czech, Finnish, German, and Spanish first language backgrounds. A variety of linguistic features related to lexical sophistication, syntactic complexity, and cohesion were used to compare texts written by L1 speakers of English to L2…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Language Proficiency, Language Enrichment, English (Second Language)
Language Learning and Language Utilization.
Lambert, Richard D. – 1980
The benefits of learning a foreign language and arguments in support of language requirements in the college curriculum are discussed. The arguments concerning the acquisition of indirect benefits not inherent in the language skill itself through the learning of a foreign language prove inconvincing and only serve to divert one's attention from…
Descriptors: Chinese, Cognitive Ability, College Curriculum, Core Curriculum