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Saito, Kazuya; Suzukida, Yui; Sun, Hui – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2019
The current study longitudinally examined the influence of aptitude on second language (L2) pronunciation development when 40 first-year Japanese university students engaged in practice activities inside and outside English-as-a-Foreign-Language classrooms over one academic year. Spontaneous speech samples were elicited at the beginning, middle,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Pronunciation, Pronunciation Instruction
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Sell, Rainer – Foreign Language Annals, 1977
Associative speaking as a method of making oral communication the central activity in foreign language classes as early as the second semester is described. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Conversational Language Courses, Higher Education, Language Instruction
Hicks, Patricia Thandi – 1987
A study explored the effectiveness of "rap music" as a method of instruction for urban preschool children. It was hypothesized that urban preschool children would learn more new content (10 unfamiliar names of body parts) in a classroom environment through the use of rap music for instruction, than would children who received instruction…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Blacks, Classroom Techniques, Educational Research