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Henriette L. Arndt – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2023
This article reports on the development and validation of the Informal Second Language Engagement questionnaire (ISLE) for capturing various aspects of learner engagement with informal second language practices. Whereas other questionnaires have primarily focused on learner behavior (the frequency, quantity, and diversity of informal activities in…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Questionnaires, Second Language Learning
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Emrullah Yasin Çiftçi; A. Cendel Karaman – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2024
Erasmus student experiences currently seem to be closely linked to the neoliberal common sense, meaning that market-oriented motivations and consumerist behaviours can often be found in students' discourses and experiences. With this point in mind, in this qualitative inquiry, we focused on how a cohort of prospective English language teachers…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Alice Chik; Silvia Melo-Pfeifer – Language Awareness, 2024
Many metropolitan cities have undergone rapid demographic changes in recent years, and such changes hasten and widen linguistic diversities. Similar changes are happening in Sydney, Australia and Hamburg, Germany. These changes are most acutely felt and observed in the classrooms where multiple languages are spoken, despite a prevalent monolingual…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Cross Cultural Studies, Teacher Education Programs
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Ertanir, Beyhan; Kaiser-Kratzmann, Jens; Sachse, Steffi – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2021
Background: Recent research has shown that socio-emotional and language competencies are positively associated with each other. However, few studies have explored these associations for the second language competencies (L2) of young dual language learners (DLLs). Aims: This longitudinal study investigated possible bidirectional associations…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Development, Emotional Development, Language Skills
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Anna Tissot; Giuseppe Pietrantuono; Nina Rother; Andreea Baier; Johannes Croisier – Educational Linguistics, 2022
In this chapter, we address the process of German language acquisition of adult refugees within the formal setting of the integration course, in order to identify factors contributing to both the likelihood of attending a course and successfully completing it. We used a mixed-method approach, analysing the dataset of the IAB-BAMF-SOEP refugee…
Descriptors: German, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Adults
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Happ, Roland; Nagel, Marie-Theres; Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, Olga; Schmidt, Susanne – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
In this study, we examine the knowledge of students in a master program in business and economics and explore whether migration-specific influences can be determined. We tested the knowledge of 1,451 students from 40 universities in Germany in the content areas of accounting, finance, and microeconomics. Migration background had a significant…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Masters Programs, Business Administration Education, Economics Education
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Schnoor, Birger; Hartig, Johannes; Klinger, Thorsten; Naumann, Alexander; Usanova, Irina – Language Testing, 2023
Research on assessing English as a foreign language (EFL) development has been growing recently. However, empirical evidence from longitudinal analyses based on substantial samples is still needed. In such settings, tests for measuring language development must meet high standards of test quality such as validity, reliability, and objectivity, as…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Longitudinal Studies
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Jaekel, Nils; van Ackern, Isabelle; Schurig, Michael; Markus, Ritter – Language Learning Journal, 2022
With the growing popularity of early foreign language learning (EFLL) programmes in elementary schools, the transition to secondary school constitutes a crucial bridge. Ensuring a smooth transition that builds on students' L2 language proficiency and gradually shifts pedagogical approaches is key for long-term success. The present study examines…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency, Elementary School Students, FLES
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Bredtmann, Julia; Otten, Sebastian; Vonnahme, Christina – Education Economics, 2021
We analyze whether non-native speakers in the classroom affect students' educational achievement and social integration. In contrast to previous studies, which mainly examine the effect of the share of immigrant pupils, we focus on language heterogeneity by using a novel measure of the degree of linguistic diversity in the classroom. Conditional…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Social Integration, Second Language Learning, Immigrants
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Melo-Pfeifer, Sílvia; Chik, Alice – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2022
Linguistic biographies have been increasingly used in language and teacher education, even if mainly in a written form. In this study we analyse 33 visual linguistic biographies, using drawings to examine the (re)constructions of the multilingual self. The visual linguistic biographies were produced by prospective Spanish language teachers at the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Svenja Lemmrich; Timo Ehmke – Cogent Education, 2024
This study conducted a quantitative study analysis of teacher competence in linguistically responsive teaching (LRT). To assess performance-oriented competence, we used a test instrument with video vignettes and corresponding items based on situation-specific skills "perception" (What do you perceive?) and "decision-making"…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Positive Attitudes, Culturally Relevant Education, Teacher Evaluation
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Melo-Pfeifer, Sílvia – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2021
This article takes the plurilingual repertoires of foreign language teachers -- and thus the teachers' linguistic diversity -- as a starting point for exploratory research into the potential of visual methods in teacher education for changing mind-sets. Describing and reflecting on the ubiquitous manifestation of a monolingual habitus in foreign…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Student Teachers
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Harting, Axel – The EUROCALL Review, 2020
In this paper the results of an online survey (n=210) regarding the usefulness of Facebook for informal L2 learning will be presented. Participants were individual Facebook users who study either German (n=118) or Japanese (n=92). By using a combination of open and closed questions, the mostly quantitative findings of the survey indicate that for…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Vocabulary Development, Cultural Awareness
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Trebits, Anna – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2021
This paper investigates the relationship between multilingualism, code-switching, target language contact and pragmatic and grammatical awareness in learners of English as a foreign language (EFL). Participants (N = 144) were university students enrolled in English language courses at a German university. The study employed a cross-sectional…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Kohl, Katharina; Willard, Jessica A.; Agache, Alexandru; Bihler, Lilly-Marlen; Leyendecker, Birgit – AERA Open, 2019
We examined independent and interactive links among three central characteristics of children's experiences in early childhood education and care and the German receptive vocabulary of single language learners and dual language learners (DLLs). We allowed for possible differential effects depending on children's language background. Our sample…
Descriptors: German, Vocabulary Development, Early Childhood Education, Child Care
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