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Learner Variables Important for Success in L2 Listening Comprehension in French Immersion Classrooms
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Direct linkVandergrift, Larry; Baker, Susan C. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2018
Listening comprehension, which is relatively straightforward for native language (L1) speakers, is often frustrating for second language (L2) learners. Listening comprehension is important to L2 acquisition, but little is known about the variables that influence the development of L2 listening skills. The goal of this study was to determine which…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, French, Immersion Programs
Download full textSobolev, Olga – Research-publishing.net, 2016
This paper assesses the efficiency of the "Language Immersion e-Course" developed at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Language Centre. The new self-study revision e-course, promoting students' proficiency in spoken and aural Russian through autonomous learning, is based on the Michel Thomas method, and is…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Online Courses, Immersion Programs, Russian
Hawson, Anne – 1996
The cognitive aspect of second language learning, specifically by immersion method, is discussed from a biological perspective. The approach taken is that of "connectionism," a recently-developed theoretical and experimental approach to human cognition. It is argued that while general cognitive functioning is unaffected by language immersion,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Immersion Programs, Information Processing, Language Processing
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Language Services Branch. – 2000
The report, entirely in French, describes Alberta's curriculum for ninth-year French immersion, as revised in 1998. An introductory section offers background information on the curriculum revision, links between the core curriculum and French immersion, underlying principles of second language instruction, the revised curriculum's objectives and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum, Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Language Services Branch. – 2000
The report, entirely in French, describes Alberta's curriculum for seventh-year French immersion, as revised in 1998. An introductory section offers background information on the curriculum revision, links between the core curriculum and French immersion, underlying principles of second language instruction, the revised curriculum's objectives and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum, Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Language Services Branch. – 2000
The report, entirely in French, describes Alberta's curriculum for eighth-year French immersion, as revised in 1998. An introductory section offers background information on the curriculum revision, links between the core curriculum and French immersion, underlying principles of second language instruction, the revised curriculum's objectives and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum, Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Language Services Branch. – 2000
The report, entirely in French, describes Alberta's curriculum for high school French immersion, as revised in 1998. An introductory section offers background information on the curriculum revision, links between the core curriculum and French immersion, underlying principles of second language instruction, the revised curriculum's objectives and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum, Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries
Grittner, Frank M. – 1978
Based on data collected during site visits in March 1978 to four Wisconsin school districts (Freedom, Pulaski, Seymour, and West DePere), this document evaluates a state project on Oneida language instruction. The project evolved from an expressed interest by Oneida Tribal members, elementary school children, and university students in learning…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Check Lists, Child Development, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Westphal, Patricia B., Ed. – 1985
Selected papers from the 1985 Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages include: "Research in Creativity and Its Application in the Classroom"; "Teaching Language Through Comprehension"; "The Testing of Proficiency in Listening Comprehension: Guidelines for Teaching"; "Who Should Be Asking…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, College School Cooperation, Computer Assisted Instruction
