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Talalakina, Ekaterina; Stukal, Denis; Kamrotov, MIkhail – Modern Language Journal, 2020
To date, attempts at empirically validating a construct of academic vocabulary in the form of a frequency list in languages other than English remain conspicuously absent in peer-reviewed journals. This study aims to close this gap by using Russian as a case study to develop an academic vocabulary list and prove its viability through a variety of…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Vocabulary Development, Word Frequency, Word Lists
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Kotilainen, Lari; Kurhila, Salla – Modern Language Journal, 2020
This article explores language learning as the speakers' microlongitudinal project in interaction. Using conversation analysis (CA) as a method, we present a single-case analysis on how a change occurs in the linguistic repertoire of 2 learners of Finnish. We discuss the challenges that the temporal aspect in learning poses within CA, such as the…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Longitudinal Studies
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Kim, YouJin; Kang, Sanghee; D'Arienzo, Meredith – Modern Language Journal, 2021
Task-based research has shown the benefits of using tasks in various instructional contexts across different age groups. Although task-based language teaching promotes language learning through authentic real-world tasks, previous research has mainly used controlled pedagogic tasks. The current exploratory, intact-classroom, multi-case study…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Heineke, Amy J.; Davin, Kristin J. – Modern Language Journal, 2021
The Seal of Biliteracy (SoBL) is a language policy that has gained traction across the United States as stakeholders seek to recognize students' competencies in languages other than English. Despite its potential to enhance language proficiency and encourage participation in language education, the SoBL has been unevenly implemented, with…
Descriptors: Literacy, Bilingualism, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Umino, Tae; Benson, Phil – Modern Language Journal, 2016
This 4-year case study used a photo-elicitation approach to language learning history research in an individual case study of an Indonesian student's experiences of communities of practice while studying abroad in Japan. The study showed how the student's opportunities for interaction in Japanese were at first limited by his peripheral…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Communities of Practice, Study Abroad, Foreign Countries
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Henry, Alastair; Thorsen, Cecilia – Modern Language Journal, 2018
Positive relationships with teachers are important for students' second language motivation. However, little is known about how interpersonal interactions stimulate motivated behavior. Drawing on studies of teacher-student relationships, theories from positive psychology, and the psychology of unconscious self-regulation, this case study examines…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Second Language Learning, Learning Motivation, Interaction Process Analysis
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Yang, Xueyan; Tao, Xin – Modern Language Journal, 2018
This case study compares the discourse behaviors of 2 Chinese teachers of English as a Foreign Language (EFL), one rated high and one rated low by their respective students. The teachers were each audio-recorded for a total of 100 minutes during the 'text session' of an Intensive Reading course. Drawing on Yang's (2010) model of EFL classroom…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Classroom Communication
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Lee, Sheng-Hsun; Kinginger, Celeste – Modern Language Journal, 2018
What becomes of language students who participate in study abroad and then continue their study at home? What part can their memory of in-country living play in shaping subsequent classroom experiences, not only for the students themselves but also for their classmates and teachers? This study explores changes in the motives of a study abroad…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Study Abroad, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Miller, Elizabeth R.; Morgan, Brian; Medina, Adriana L. – Modern Language Journal, 2017
In this article, we treat language teacher identity as foundational to educational practice and see Foucault's (1983, 1997) notion of ethical self-formation, and its adoption in teacher education research by Clarke (2008, 2009, 2010), as providing a potential vehicle for understanding the development of teacher agency and critical identity work.…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Professional Identity
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Graus, Johan; Coppen, Peter-Arno – Modern Language Journal, 2018
This study explored the role teacher education plays in influencing student teachers' pedagogical grammar cognitions--defined as what student teachers know, think, and believe regarding grammar instruction--on the premise that investigating the impact of teacher education (or lack thereof) is more fruitful when considering it the result of complex…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Grammar, Schemata (Cognition), English (Second Language)
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Stam, Gale – Modern Language Journal, 2015
Cross-linguistic research on motion events has shown that Spanish speakers and English speakers have different patterns of thinking for speaking about motion, both linguistically and gesturally (for a review, see Stam, 2010b). Spanish speakers express path linguistically with verbs, and their path gestures tend to occur with path verbs, whereas…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Case Studies, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Di Silvio, Francesca; Diao, Wenhao; Donovan, Anne – Modern Language Journal, 2016
Examining speech samples from 75 American university students learning 1 of 3 languages (Mandarin, Russian, and Spanish), this article reports on a study of second language (L2) learners' oral fluency development and its relationship with their gains in holistic proficiency ratings during a semester abroad. In study abroad research, there is a…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Fluency, Study Abroad, Case Studies
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Fortune, Tara W.; Tedick, Diane J. – Modern Language Journal, 2015
This cross-sectional study used assessments developed by the Center for Applied Linguistics to examine the oral proficiency of 218 K-8 English-proficient students in 4 Spanish immersion programs. Following a comprehensive review of assessment results for English-proficient immersion learners, the article reports findings from statistical analyses.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Oral Language, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
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Feryok, Anne – Modern Language Journal, 2012
This article takes a broadly sociocultural perspective on the development of an Armenian English as a foreign language (EFL) teacher. It focuses on how experiences and actions outside the professional development classroom influence language teacher agency. The paper is framed within activity theory and specifically draws on Galperin's orienting…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Language Teachers, Professional Development, Teacher Educators
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Vyatkina, Nina – Modern Language Journal, 2012
This study explores the development of multiple dimensions of linguistic complexity in the writing of beginning learners of German both as a group and as individuals. The data come from an annotated, longitudinal learner corpus. The development of lexicogrammatical complexity is explored at 2 intersections: (a) between cross-sectional trendlines…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Correlation, German
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