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Sensorimotor Grounding in Novel Word Acquisition
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John M. Hollander – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Embodied models of language comprehension assume that words become associated with sensorimotor experiences during word learning. Novel word learning paradigms may provide insight into embodied effects, but studies in this domain have yet to account for how concepts and information known in first language (L1) might influence the sensorimotor…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Native Language, Interference (Language), Bilingualism
The Imagination Effect When Using Textual or Diagrammatic Material to Learn a Second Language
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Ignatova, Olga; Kalyuga, Slava; Sweller, John – Language Teaching Research, 2023
The imagination effect occurs when students learn better from imagining concepts and procedures rather than from studying them. Cognitive load theory explains the effect by better use of available working memory resources and increased productive, intrinsic cognitive load. The effect has been found in numerous empirical studies. However, in the…
Descriptors: Imagination, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Fostering Conceptual Understanding through Computer-Based Animated Schematic Diagrams and Cue Contrast
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Wong, Man Ho Ivy – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2023
Informed by two usage-based approaches, this study investigated to what extent different types of computer-based training facilitated English preposition learning among intermediate Chinese learners of English. The design of the pedagogical materials was informed by the cognitive linguistics (CL) framework while the training format was motivated…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Concept Formation, Computer Assisted Instruction, Comparative Analysis
What Can We Learn from the Common Core Standards in the Early Language Learning Classroom?
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Curtain, Helena – Learning Languages, 2013
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and the National Standards for Foreign Language Education have several areas of commonality: (1) both standards have the goal that all students, by the end of 12th grade, will have the skills they need to be successful world citizens; (2) the literacy skills that are found in the Common Core are the same…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Core Curriculum, FLES
Engaging the Whole Learner: A Recipe for Success
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Maletz, Sophia – Learning Languages, 2010
After a teaching experience with the children of Ecuador with so little support, the author has come to greatly appreciate what is available for teachers in the states. Sometimes the best encouragement for a new teacher of FLES is a success story straight from the classroom. In this article, the author shares a few of the tools she has picked up…
Descriptors: Teaching Experience, Language Research, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
ESL Instruction in the Elementary School: Curricular Guidelines and Suggestions.
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Language Services Branch. – 1987
Alberta's guide to English as a second language (ESL) instruction in the elementary schools is designed as a supplement to the general elementary language arts curriculum guide. It provides guidelines for programming that gives ESL students opportunities to learn English. It contains: (1) an orientation section on the nature of culture; (2) a…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cognitive Style, Communication Skills, Concept Formation