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Valdés, Guadalupe; Kibler, Amanda; Walqui, Aída – TESOL International Association, 2014
This professional paper builds on the work of TESOL's issue briefs, "Implementing the Common Core State Standards for English Learners: The Changing Role of the ESL Teacher" (February 2013) and Overview of the Common Core State Standards Initiatives for ELLs (March, 2013). It discusses the shifting landscape surrounding the new Common…
Descriptors: Expertise, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
VanPatten, Bill; Lee, James F. – Issues and Developments in English and Applied Linguistics (IDEAL), 1988
Research on second language acquisition (SLA) and research on foreign language learning (FLL), often regarded as different and separate fields of inquiry, are compared in a brief review of literature. Perceptions about the scopes and characteristics of the research are examined. Concerns about the relationship between SLA research and theory and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Learning Processes
Reboullet, Andre – Francais dans le Monde, 1991
The International Society for the History of French as a Foreign or Second Language (SIHFLES) had a fruitful meeting in 1990, planning a substantial and diversified program of activities that illustrates the dynamism of the organization. One topic of considerable debate was the role of research in the association's mission. (MSE)
Descriptors: Conferences, Educational History, Foreign Countries, French
Kitao, S. Kathleen – 1991
Research results should not be taken at face value; some research is not well designed, and readers must be able to assess whether the research carried out actually supports the results or may be explained otherwise. Research reports are usually divided into introduction or literature review, methods, results, and discussion and conclusions. Basic…
Descriptors: Data Interpretation, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Language Research

Benseler, David P.; Himmelein, Mark W. – Unterrichtspraxis, 1992
These two articles represent both a compilation of more than 100 dissertations completed in U.S. universities in 1991 and an unannotated bibliography that updates and expands previous versions published in "Unterrichtspraxis" in 1973 and 1985. (approximately 400 references) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Books, Doctoral Degrees, Doctoral Dissertations, German

Kolata, Gina – Science, 1987
Discusses prevailing ideas of how children learn language and addresses the argument of rules versus analogies in learning to form the past tense of verbs. Cites cases involving connectionist models. (ML)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Grammar, Language Processing, Language Research

Evans, C. J.; Johnson, C. J. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1988
A blind multiply handicapped preschooler was taught to respond appropriately to two adjacency pair types ("where question-answer" and "comment-acknowledgement"). The two alternative language acquisition strategies available to blind children were encouraged: echolalia to maintain communicative interactions and manual searching…
Descriptors: Blindness, Communication Skills, Echolalia, Language Acquisition

Bender, Lauretta – Annals of Dyslexia, 1987
Described are the history of the study of language disabilities, briefly outlining the work of Samuel Orton, Judson Herrick, Adolph Meyer, and Paul Schilder; Lauretta Bender's development of the Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test; and the basic principles of language disorders, including familial patterns, maturation lag, plasticity, and nonfixated…
Descriptors: Child Development, Heredity, History, Individual Development
Bauman, John – Material Writers Newsletter, 1996
Intended for writers of instructional materials for teaching English as a Second Language (ESL), the list describes word lists and language corpora that may be of use in creating, simplifying, and refining vocabulary content in ESL materials. The sources are dated from 1944 to the present, and include a freeware computer program. Some limited…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Information Sources, Instructional Materials

Matsuba, Stephen Naoyuki – Computers and the Humanities, 1994
Describes how linguistic analysis can change the computer from a generator of data that can be used to develop a critical analysis to a tool that provides a means to explore the processes and inputs that generate different interpretations of literary works. Illustrates this concept by analyzing a Shakespearean sonnet. (CFR)
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Uses in Education, Critical Theory, Discourse Analysis
Tickoo, Makhan Lal – Guidelines: A Periodical for Classroom Language Teachers, 1988
Researchers at the University of Birmingham (United Kingdom) have built a large database of every-day English and dictionary (COBUILD) for producing better English-as-a-Second/Foreign-Language teaching and learning materials. The lexical syllabus and the English course that has evolved from is are discussed. (23 references) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Computer Assisted Instruction, Dictionaries, English (Second Language)
Ravetta, Marcia Kent; Brunn, Michael – 1995
This study presents direct observation of a 7-year-old, native Spanish-speaking female learning English in a mainstreamed first and second split classroom. Subject is described in the school setting, and it is shown how she worked, what she did during the mornings, how she responded to commands and directions, and how and with whom she…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Educational Environment, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Yumoto, Kazuko – 1996
A study of second language acquisition in two Japanese children, and corresponding examination of research literature, led to this effort to clarify terminology related to cross-linguistic influence in language contact situations. Terms include: bilingualism, code-switching, language mixing, language transfer, and borrowing. Two forms of transfer…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Definitions, Foreign Countries
Pienemann, Manfred – 1995
This introduction to second language learning is intended to provide language teachers with basic information on relevant principles and processes. After an introductory chapter, the second chapter looks at traditional beliefs about language learning, including those concerning transfer of first-language knowledge to the second language, the role…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Educational Objectives, Error Correction

Olsen, Mark – Computers and the Humanities, 1994
Contends that computer-aided literature studies have failed to impact the field as a whole. Asserts that new databases, such as TLG or ARTFL, allow wide-spectrum analyses that may transform the way in which literature is studied. (CFR)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Databases, Higher Education
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