The purpose of this study was to determine how a response-to-intervention (RTI) model was implemented with a large percentage of Latino English language learners who were having reading difficulties in an urban elementary school at the primary level (K-2). The authors sought to describe school personnel's perceptions of RTI, what the model looked…

For many teachers, the first time that they have a student who has little or no background with English, the thought of constantly engaging them in relevant activities throughout the entire day can be intimidating. Based on the author's experience teaching English language learners, she can assure teachers that it is a challenge worth facing. In…

Not only has the US Senate designated 2006 the Year of Study Abroad; the year also marks the anniversary of a distinguished tradition of study abroad in Germany that reaches back 75 years. Founded in 1931, suspended during the war years, and re-opened in 1953 by Wayne State University, the Junior Year in Munich is America's oldest study abroad…

For decades there have been linguists who proclaimed the significant role of kinesic expression in carrying the meaning of spoken language (e.g. Efron, 1941; Birdwhistell, 1952; Kendon, 1972). Drawing on such studies, there have also been pioneer studies of gesture in second language learning and use (McNeill, 1992; Gullberg, 1998, 2006), and…

Looked at from a certain distance, the "Languages Review" (Dearing & King, 2007) was seen by some in the foreign language (FL) education community, when it first came out, as a major disappointment because the authors had decided not to opt for the one measure that would reverse the falling numbers of students studying a foreign…

The question of which words students should learn and in what order has traditionally been regarded as a matter for teachers and materials writers rather than the learners themselves. Research has focused on using word-specific criteria such as frequency and range of meaning to help teachers make choices about what items to teach to which students…

This paper explores the degree of variability in the structure of research article introductions within a single discipline. It is an exploratory study based on the analysis of 20 research articles. The study investigates the differences between two subdisciplines of applied linguistics, namely second language acquisition and second language…

Expanded version of report presented at meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association (Ottawa, 1967).

Provides the English-speaking student with a model of aspect use in the imperative in Russian. Examples are given in Russian without English translations. The perfective imperative is modally neutral, and the imperfected is modally marked. (Author/LMO)

Describes English modal verbs and their closest equivalents in Moroccan Arabic. Because there is no modal in Moroccan Arabic equivalent to 'must,' positive and negative deductions are arrived at using adverbs. Suggests this can be confusing to Moroccan learners of English. (Author/BK)

Introduces this special issue of the journal on the acquisition of second language segmental phonology and offers a snapshot of current research streams on the topic. (Author/VWL)

Discusses major conceptual and methodological issues surrounding language fossilization. Shows that fossilization is related to various manifestations of failure in second language learning. Argues that in constructing theories of second language acquisition, fossilization remains a central issue to be confronted and explained and suggests the…

Discusses the theoretical and socioeconomic forces that contributed to the teaching of transactional or socially-mundane language in the English-as-a-Second-Language classroom. Suggests an alternative conception of both language and language teaching. (VWL)

Describes three integrated activities that students and teachers can use as tools to construct and evaluate a culture study unit at the novice level: (1) a culture interest inventory; (2) the interview of the cultural informant; and (3) an audiomotor unit to organize and evaluate learning. (40 references) (JL)

Philosophy may help to resolve fundamental problems in theories of second-language acquisition (SLA) theory construction. A well-known example is Chomsky's use of the philosophy and history of science in his own work. In SLA, presenting the case for attention to construction issues will help give momentum to the drive toward SLA theory. (Contains…