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Download full textPeter Smagorinsky – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2024
Abstract Accepted 12 November 2024 In this essay I reflect on James P. Lantolf's contributions to cultural-historical theory and second language learning. I begin with my personal subjectivity and experiences as a limited learner of additional languages beyond English. This anecdotal opening introduces the tension between formal learning in school…
Descriptors: Linguistic Theory, Learning Theories, Sociocultural Patterns, Second Language Learning
Direct linkBlair, Mackensie; Morini, Giovanna – Second Language Research, 2023
The present work examines the impact of code-switching (CS) on novel word learning in adult second language (L2) learners of Spanish. Participants completed two sessions (1-3 days apart). In the first session, they were taught 32 nonwords corresponding to novel creatures. Training occurred across 4 conditions: (1) a sentence in English only, (2) a…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Second Language Learning, Native Language, Videoconferencing
Gulimzhan Tuimebayeva; Bibigul Shagrayeva; Kulyash Kerimbayeva; Naila Shertayeva; Aliya Bitemirova; Perizat Abdurazova – Open Education Studies, 2024
This study provides a comprehensive analysis of multilingual education, highlighting key issues, methodologies, and future directions in this area. Based on the theoretical foundations of Vygotsky and Krashen, as well as practical approaches such as project-based learning and task-based language learning, the study highlights the importance of…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Student Projects
de la Fuente, Tatiana Estefania Galvan; Flores, Jesus Eduardo Fong – MEXTESOL Journal, 2021
Second language classroom interaction has unique characteristics. The purpose of this paper is to describe the linguistic resources that teachers draw on to encourage social interaction in the EFL classroom. This examination includes a detailed analysis of the practical activities teachers engage in, focusing on their use of linguistic repertoires…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Mexicans, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Ngubane, Nomalungelo I.; Ntombela, Berrington; Govender, Samantha – Reading & Writing: Journal of the Reading Association of South Africa, 2020
Background: The teaching of writing in English First Additional Language (EFAL) classrooms remains less explored in the Further Education and Training Phase (FET) in South Africa. This is so despite research showing a decline in the writing skills of second language learners, especially at the FET phase, calling attention to how writing is taught.…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Writing Strategies, School Districts, Code Switching (Language)
Martin-Beltrán, Melinda; Daniel, Shannon; Peercy, Megan; Silverman, Rebecca – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2017
This article analyzes how emergent bilinguals discursively support one another during literacy activities in a cross-aged peer-tutoring program in their elementary school. Drawing from Vygotskian sociocultural theory, we frame peer supports as developing a zone of relevance that fosters and sustains peer engagement in literacy discussions.…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Peer Teaching, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Renner, Julia – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2017
The present paper examines negotiation of meaning and language-related episodes in Chinese-German eTandem interaction, focusing on Chinese as target language. Against the background of the interactionist approach to language learning and drawing upon Swain and Lapkin's (1998, Interaction and second language learning: Two adolescent French…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, German, Chinese, Synchronous Communication
Velasco, Patricia; García, Ofelia – Bilingual Research Journal, 2014
This article makes the case for using translanguaging in developing the academic writing of bilinguals. It reviews the emerging literature on learning and teaching theories of translanguaging and presents theoretical understandings of biliteracy development and specifically on the teaching of writing to bilingual learners. The article analyzes…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Academic Discourse, Writing Instruction
