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Apt to Change: The Problematic of Language Awareness and Language Aptitude in Age-Related Research
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Singleton, David – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2014
"Language awareness and language aptitude" often crop up in discussion of various second language acquisition phenomena, including age-related phenomena. There is a troublesome and ongoing definitional and theoretical problem in this connection: Different researchers have different perspectives on what is to be included in the respective…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, Second Language Learning, Language Aptitude, Age Differences
Achieving Academic Control in Two Languages: Drawing on the Psychology of Language Learning in Considering the Past, the Present, and Prospects for the Future
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Cohen, Andrew D. – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2015
This paper first considers what it means to become truly proficient in a language other than the native one. It then looks briefly at the evolution of dual language programs. Next, it focuses on the issue of whether the first language (L1) or the second language (L2) serves as the language of mediation. Other dual language program issues are then…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Second Language Learning, Bilingual Education Programs, Language Proficiency
The Effectiveness of Early Foreign Language Learning in the Netherlands
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de Bot, Kees – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2014
This article reports on a number of projects on early English teaching in the Netherlands. The focus of these projects has been on the impact of English on the development of the mother tongue and the development of skills in the foreign language. Overall the results show that there is no negative effect on the mother tongue and that the gains in…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)