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Lightbown, Patsy M.; Spada, Nina – Language Teaching, 2020
One of the challenges facing second and foreign language (L2) teachers and learners in primary and secondary school settings is the limited amount of time available. There is disagreement about how to meet this challenge. In this paper we argue against two 'common sense' recommendations for increasing instructional time -- start as early as…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Students
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Wildsmith-Cromarty, Rosemary; Balfour, Robert J. – Language Teaching, 2019
South Africa's history of segregation and the privileging of English and Afrikaans as the only languages of teaching and learning beyond primary schooling, make the post-apartheid period a complex one, especially in light of the Constitutional commitment to multilingualism in the 11 official languages. Research on literacy and language teaching…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
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Schleppegrell, Mary J. – Language Teaching, 2016
Today many second language (L2) teachers work with school-aged learners who need to be supported in their language development at the same time they learn school subjects. Applied linguists and researchers in second language acquisition (SLA) have much to contribute to those teachers, but to do so in more powerful ways calls for an orientation…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Course Content, Elementary School Students, Second Language Instruction
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Kennedy, Sara – Language Teaching, 2015
The aim of this bilingual (French/English) symposium was to inform researchers and teacher educators about the specific challenges faced by second language (L2) students and teachers in creating an inclusive L2 classroom in order to encourage plurilingual, non-English-dominant students and students with learning difficulties to succeed. In the…
Descriptors: French, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Inclusion
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Little, David – Language Teaching, 2009
This article argues that the Council of Europe's European Language Portfolio is capable of supporting the implementation of language learner autonomy on a large scale. It begins by explaining what the author understands by "language learner autonomy", then introduces the European Language Portfolio and explains how it can stimulate…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Reflection