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Albirini, Abdulkafi – Foreign Language Annals, 2014
The study investigated the acquisition of Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) by second language (L2) learners and by heritage speakers of the colloquial varieties of Arabic. The study focused on three questions: (1) whether heritage speakers who enroll in college-level elementary MSA classes have an advantage over their L2 counterparts, (2) whether any…
Descriptors: Role, Language Variation, Semitic Languages, Second Language Learning
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Lesser, Lawrence M.; Wagler, Amy E.; Esquinca, Alberto; Valenzuela, M. Guadalupe – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2013
The framework of linguistic register and case study research on Spanish-speaking English language learners (ELLs) learning statistics informed the construction of a quantitative instrument, the Communication, Language, And Statistics Survey (CLASS). CLASS aims to assess whether ELLs and non-ELLs approach the learning of statistics differently with…
Descriptors: Surveys, Native Speakers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Etienne, Corinne; Sax, Kelly – Modern Language Journal, 2009
One fundamental aspect of all educated native speakers' language competence is stylistic variation, or the ability to adjust speech register to situational formality ( Labov, 1972). In this article, we investigate how current introductory and intermediate college French textbooks develop students' sociolinguistic competence and particularly the…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Pragmatics, French, Native Speakers