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Thompson, Amy S. – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2020
Two concepts of multilingualism that relate to the selves aspect of Dörnyei's (2009) L2 motivational self system (L2MSS) are highlighted in this article: Thompson's concept of "perceived positive language interaction" (PPLI) and Henry's notion of the "ideal multilingual self." With the dynamic model of multilingualism informing…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Self Concept, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Singleton, David – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2017
The traditional definition of language aptitude sees it as "an individual's initial state of readiness and capacity for learning a foreign language, and probable facility in doing so given the presence of motivation and opportunity" (Carroll, 1981, p. 86). This conception portrays language aptitude as a trait, in the sense of exhibiting…
Descriptors: Language Aptitude, Second Language Learning, Short Term Memory, Second Language Instruction
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Gamir, Saadia – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2017
Various newspaper articles report that British ministers, university representatives, exam chiefs and business bodies agree that foreign languages skills in primary, secondary and tertiary UK education are in crisis. Lower funding and policy changes have caused language skills deficiencies felt gravely in the business sectors. Funding and support…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, Educational Finance
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Benati, Alessandro – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2017
In this paper, a review of the role of input, output and instruction in second language acquisition is provided. Several pedagogical interventions in grammar instruction (e.g., processing instruction, input enhancement, structured output and collaborative output tasks) are presented and their effectiveness reviewed. A final and overall evaluation…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Grammar, Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods
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Leow, Ronald P.; Cerezo, Luis – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2016
Instructed second language acquisition (ISLA) has been referenced in the larger field of the SLA literature for over two and a half decades. Currently, there are several theoretical underpinnings accounting for processes assumed to play a role in ISLA and quite an impressive number of studies have empirically addressed some aspect(s) of ISLA.…
Descriptors: Role, Second Language Learning, Learning Processes, Language Research
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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
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Benati, Alessandro – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2016
Researchers in the field of instructed second language acquisition have been examining the issue of how learners interact with input by conducting research measuring particular kinds of instructional interventions (input-oriented and meaning-based). These interventions include such things as input flood, textual enhancement and processing…
Descriptors: Language Processing, Linguistic Input, Second Language Learning, Intervention
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Bobkina, Jelena; Stefanova, Svetlana – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2016
Drawing on the numerous benefits of integrating literature in the EFL classroom, the present paper argues that the analysis of a fictional work in the process of foreign language acquisition offers a unique opportunity for students to explore, interpret, and understand the world around them. The paper presents strong evidence in favour of…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Teaching Methods, Poetry, Models
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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)
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Komorowska, Hanna – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2013
The author analyses tendencies presented in recently launched EU reports claiming that newly published data reveal a need to rethink approaches to individual and social multilingualism. In the first part of the article approaches to individual as well as to societal multilingualism are discussed from a historical perspective. In the second part…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Language Planning, Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning
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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
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Manchón, Rosa M. – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2018
This paper offers a retrospective narrative review of research on L2 writing strategies and a prospective discussion of potential theoretical and pedagogical relevant lines of inquiry to be explored in future research agendas. The retrospective analysis will synthesize the main trends observed in the conceptualization of writing strategies as well…
Descriptors: Writing Research, Research Needs, Writing Strategies, Second Language Learning
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Pavan, Elisabetta – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2013
My point of departure for this paper is that translation, so long neglected in foreign language teaching, can not only improve students' linguistic competences in both a foreign language and their mother tongue, but also their awareness of cultural and intercultural elements. It is a widespread popular assumption, among those not involved in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Translation
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Gozdawa-Golebiowski, Romuald – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2012
This paper examines the status of European English (EE) in current linguistic theory, in particular the hotly debated issue of whether or not it is possible to treat EE as an endonormative linguistic variety in its own right. Alternatively, EE may remain a form of English as a foreign language (EFL), and the decision has far-reaching…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Variation, Epistemology
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Odlin, Terence – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2011
In discussions of cross-linguistic influence (also known as language transfer), the focus is usually on the influence of a particular structure in a particular instance of language contact, for instance, the negative transfer of serial verbs by Vietnamese learners of English: "She has managed to rise the kite fly over the tallest…
Descriptors: Interference (Language), Verbs, Syntax, English (Second Language)
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