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Albert Weideman – Educational Linguistics, 2024
Though our technical imagination is not restricted to the aesthetic, analogies of the latter in the former do give pause to consider anew the role of creativity and invention in language intervention design. On the norm side, aesthetic anticipations in the technical sphere appeal to the designers of language interventions to bring their solutions…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Aesthetics
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Maryam Pakzadian – AILA Review, 2023
The concept of constructions has become increasingly important in theories of language acquisition and use during the last 20 years. Constructions are form-meaning pairings that are learned and stored as pieces of linguistic knowledge. Fillmore, Kay, and O'Conner (1988), and Goldberg (1995, 2006, 2019) were among the first linguists who paved the…
Descriptors: Grammar, Phrase Structure, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning
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Römer, Ute – Language Teaching, 2022
This plenary speech provides an overview of applications of corpus research in several core areas of applied linguistics, including second language acquisition and language assessment. It does this by showcasing a number of recent studies carried out by or with involvement of the author. These studies all focus on phraseological aspects of…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, Second Language Learning, Language Tests
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Bowen, Neil Evan Jon Anthony; Thomas, Nathan – Applied Linguistics, 2022
In the field of educational psychology, self-regulation is part of a well-established research paradigm that has been extensively applied to learning contexts. However, despite proposals highlighting its benefits, some researchers claim that its cross-pollination into applied linguistics has been slow. In their recent "Applied…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Metacognition, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Kyle Perkins; Lawrence Jun Zhang – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2024
The effect of first language transfer on second language acquisition and learning has been a major theoretical concept in second language research and pedagogy since the 1950s. In order to give a historical perspective, the authors offer a brief presentation of some of the major topics from the broad spectrum of issues that have been examined by…
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, Second Language Learning, Native Language, Contrastive Linguistics
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Bouziri, Basma – Applied Linguistics, 2021
In this article, a tripartite interpersonal model is proposed to analyze academic lectures delivered in English. The model combines two approaches to metadiscourse: the reflexive or narrow approach (Mauranen 1993; Ädel 2006), and the interpersonal or broad approach (Hyland 2005, 2019). The criteria adopted by the reflexive approach were exploited…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Foreign Countries, Lecture Method, Discourse Analysis
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Goins, Mitchell – CATESOL Journal, 2021
The role of grammar instruction within second-language writing instruction has been a subject of debate for several decades. Researchers have debated the necessity of grammar instruction, different methodologies of grammar instruction, and grammar instruction's effectiveness for second-language writing development. Despite research indicating the…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Grammar, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Hummel, Kirsten M. – John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2021
"Introducing Second Language Acquisition: Perspectives and Practices" provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the main concepts, issues, and debates in second language acquisition studies. This introductory textbook is aimed specifically at students encountering the topic for the first time. Each chapter offers a modern layout…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Skill Development, Code Switching (Language)
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Leung, Constant – Language and Education, 2022
English as an Additional Language (EAL) as a professional discipline is a significant component of public education, and a main educational response to the growing ethno-linguistic diversities in many English-speaking countries. In this article I will focus on the ways in which professional language teacher knowledge has changed over time, paying…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
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Brezina, Vaclav; Gablasova, Dana – Applied Linguistics, 2017
This short contribution is a response to Stein's critical review of the New General Service List; it reviews Stein's argument and replies to the main points raised in her paper. We identify and discuss three fundamental principles of wordlist creation. In particular, we focus on defining and operationalising the vocabulary construct and the…
Descriptors: Word Lists, Teaching Methods, Educational Principles, Vocabulary Development
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Zhang, Lawrence Jun – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2022
Suresh Canagarajah is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor and Director of the Migration Studies Project, Departments of Applied Linguistics and English, Pennsylvania State University, USA. Having a BA with a major in English from the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, and a PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Texas at Austin, USA, Professor…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Variation
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Honeyford, Michelle; Ntelioglou, Burcu Yaman – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2021
Over a three-year collaborative partnership involving university researchers, government curriculum specialists, and school division teams and educators, this post-qualitative study has engaged a diffractive methodology to research pedagogical change in relationship to a renewed provincial curriculum framework in English Language Arts (ELA). In…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education, English, Language Arts
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Enrico Grazzi – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2024
The aim of this personal reflection is to revisit the major concepts that have informed my academic research in the area of applied linguistics and second language development, and show how my overall pedagogical approach has evolved, thanks to the contribution of Vygotsky's sociocultural theory (SCT). The main focus of this paper is on the…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Lowe, Robert J. – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2021
Critical English language teaching (ELT) research is expanding in scope, covering topics such as linguistic imperialism, native-speakerism, and the intersections between issues of race, class, and gender. With this expansion comes a requirement for robust and rigorous methods of data collection and analysis for researchers to employ. This article…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Sahan, Kari – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2021
Ernesto Macaro is Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, UK. He was the founding director of the EMI Oxford Research Group (formerly the Centre for Research and Development in English Medium Instruction) in the Department of Education. His research focuses on second language learning…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, College Faculty
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