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Marghetis, Tyler; McComsey, Melanie; Cooperrider, Kensy – Cognitive Science, 2020
Speakers of many languages prefer allocentric frames of reference (FoRs) when talking about small-scale space, using words like "east" or "downhill." Ethnographic work has suggested that this preference is also reflected in how such speakers gesture. Here, we investigate this possibility with a field experiment in Juchitán,…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Nonverbal Communication, Bilingualism, Native Language
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Rosales, Verónica Pimienta; Gonzalez, Liliana Maria Villalobos – MEXTESOL Journal, 2020
One of the main controversial issues in the field of teaching English as a foreign language in México is the decision to use students' mother tongue as a means and an aid for language teaching instruction. On these grounds, the purpose of this study was to explore undergraduate students' preferences and perspectives towards the use of their mother…
Descriptors: Preferences, Undergraduate Students, Late Adolescents, Native Language
Callahan, Rebecca M., Ed.; Gándara, Patricia C., Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2014
The Bilingual Advantage draws together researchers from education, economics, sociology, anthropology and linguistics to examine the economic and employment benefits of bilingualism in the US labor market, countering past research that shows no such benefits exist. Collectively, the authors draw on novel methodological approaches and new data to…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Labor Market, Bilingual Education, Educational Benefits