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Download full textFanta-Vagenshtein, Yarden – Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 2011
Language proficiency is a crucial factor for immigrants to integrate successfully in the new society in all aspects of life, especially in the labor market. As a result, there is great importance in acquiring the new language as quickly and effectively as possible. Several factors affect second language acquisition, including motivation, age,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Semitic Languages, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
Shooshtari, Zohreh Gooniband – English Language Teaching, 2009
The purpose of this study was two-fold: it primarily intended to incorporate some insights into the newly-explored field of L3A: secondly, it aimed to highlight the significance of translation as a valid language activity in exploring the native language influence on non-native language acquisition process. To this end, it investigated the…
Descriptors: Translation, Second Language Learning, Multilingualism, Syntax
Direct linkMorkus, Nader – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study investigated how the speech act of refusal is realized in Egyptian Arabic by intermediate and advanced American learners of Arabic as a foreign language. It also compared the performance of the learners to that of native speakers of Egyptian Arabic and native speakers of American English. The study aimed to investigate the relationship…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Second Language Instruction, Advanced Students, Speech Acts
Al-Jarf, Reima – Online Submission, 2008
English as a Foreign Language (EFL) freshman students at the College of Languages and Translation received direct instruction in adjective-forming suffixes, then they took an immediate and a delayed test. Error analysis showed that 36% of the responses were left blank or the subjects duplicated the stimulus word. In 32% they mismatched the word…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Late Adolescents, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Moreno, Kirstin Heather – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study highlights the complexities associated with learning a heritage language (HL) abroad, specifically with regard to identity, expectations, and beliefs about language and language learning, by examining the ways that HL learners talk about themselves. These are important topics to study because perceptions of language learning have been…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Heritage Education, Focus Groups
Stricker, Lawrence J.; Rock, Donald A.; Lee, Yong-Won – ETS Research Report Series, 2005
This study assessed the factor structure of the LanguEdge™ test and the invariance of its factors across language groups. Confirmatory factor analyses of individual tasks and subsets of items in the four sections of the test, Listening, Reading, Speaking, and Writing, was carried out for Arabic-, Chinese-, and Spanish-speaking test takers. Two…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Language Tests, Factor Analysis, Semitic Languages
