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ESL Teachers' Metalanguage as Evidence of Their Metalinguistic Knowledge of the English Intonation System
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Di Liu; Alison McGregor; Beth Zielinski; Marnie Reed; Colleen Meyers – Language Awareness, 2025
The present study investigated six experienced English as a second language (ESL) teachers' metalinguistic knowledge of the English intonation system through analysis of their metalanguage. Participants' metalanguage related to intonation was collected while completing three tasks: (1) a semi-structured interview, (2) a simulated teaching…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Intonation
Language Ideologies of Multilingual Learners in an Intensive English Program
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Shende, Madhur – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Despite some rises and falls in the numbers due to various reasons, including the political climate in the Trump era and the COVID-19 pandemic (Laws & Ammigan, 2020), each year universities in the United States host a large number of multilingual international students from different parts of the world. Based on their TOEFL scores, many are…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Multilingualism, Foreign Students, Language Tests
Language and Identity of Transnational People in Central Mexico
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Elena Costello – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Within Mexico City a community has formed known as Little L.A. This community came to exist as United States call centers in Mexico employed English speaking repatriated Mexicans. Repatriated in that individuals were either deported by force, some returned by choice, some were US citizens who came back with family members or loved ones. A call was…
Descriptors: Mexicans, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
The Speaking Proficiency Outcomes of Face-to-Face and Online Intensive Summer LCTL Programs
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Dianna Murphy; Sonya K. Sedivy – Foreign Language Annals, 2024
This article is the first large-scale study to document the speaking proficiency outcomes of intensive programs in less commonly taught languages in US higher education. Speaking proficiency was measured by pre- and postprogram ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interviews (N = 484) in 14 languages: Arabic, Bengali, Brazilian Portuguese, Hindi, Indonesian,…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
Negative Pragmatic Transfer and Language Proficiency: American Learners of Arabic
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Morkus, Nader – Language Learning Journal, 2021
This study investigated the relationship between language proficiency and negative pragmatic transfer from a first language (L1), focusing on the speech act of refusal as realised by American learners of Arabic as a Foreign Language (AFL) in Egyptian Arabic. Twenty American AFL learners (10 intermediate and 10 advanced) and 2 baseline groups (10…
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, Semitic Languages, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Culture and Language Learning: Middle Eastern Students.
Magrath, Douglas – 1981
Middle Eastern students face cultural conflicts in adapting to the western value system. While feeling obligated to maintain their native culture they also need to feel comfortable with the culture of their target language. In attempting to identify with a new group, ESL students may sense a loss of membership in their native group. Culture stress…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Administrator Responsibility, Communication Problems, Cultural Traits