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Rod Ellis; Carsten Roever; Natsuko Shintani; Yan Zhu – Multilingual Matters, 2024
Taking a psycholinguistic perspective, this book investigates how second language (L2) learners' pragmatic abilities in English can be measured. It complements and extends earlier work on the testing of implicit and explicit grammar. The authors present a set of tests they developed using both well-established methods of measuring pragmatic…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Thompson, Gregory A.; Watkins, Kathryn – Language and Education, 2021
In this article we critically evaluate the case made by proponents of academic language (AL) that AL is functionally necessary for schooling due to specific functional advantages of AL. We consider three examples of AL introduced by AL proponents in order to show (1) that AL proponents have been too quick to accept the ALH, (2) that functional…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Language Variation, Language Attitudes, Language of Instruction
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Briggs, Jessica G.; Smith, Sarah Ashley – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2017
This paper critically considers the implications of the growth of English-medium instruction (EMI) globally for idiomaticity in English as a Lingua Franca (ELF). We first make the case for idiomaticity in English in terms of its contribution to language processing and use and regarding the challenges and affordances it presents to users of English…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Figurative Language
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Szudarski, Pawel – TESL Canada Journal, 2017
The aim of this article is to present and summarize the main research findings in the area of learning and teaching second language (L2) collocations. Being a large part of naturally occurring language, collocations and other types of multiword units (e.g., idioms, phrasal verbs, lexical bundles) have been identified as important aspects of L2…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Hoang, Ha – TESL-EJ, 2014
Once considered a stylistic issue, metaphor is now considered a critical component of everyday and specialized language and most importantly, a fundamental mechanism of human conceptualizations of the world. The use of metaphor in language, thought and communication has been examined in second language (L2) learning. The body of literature that…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Figurative Language, State of the Art Reviews, Scholarship
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Taylor, Christopher – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2012
This article presents the CercleS European Language Portfolio for university students in its translated Italian form. The illustration of the translation process takes inspiration from Rudyard Kipling's poem "I keep six honest serving men" and answers the questions What? Why? When? How? Where? and Who? in explaining how the task was…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Language Proficiency, Portfolios (Background Materials), College Students
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Nagy, William; Townsend, Dianna – Reading Research Quarterly, 2012
There is a growing awareness of the importance of academic vocabulary, and more generally, of academic language proficiency, for students' success in school. There is also a growing body of research on the nature of the demands that academic language places on readers and writers, and on interventions to help students meet these demands. In this…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, English for Academic Purposes, Teaching Methods, Figurative Language
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Lindstromberg, Seth; Boers, Frank – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2008
Knowledge of lexical chunks correlates positively with L2 proficiency. However, high estimates of the number of chunks in natural language have led to scepticism about the feasibility of large-scale chunk-learning on non-intensive, classroom-based courses. Furthermore, few proposals for chunk-teaching have looked beyond the noticing stage. One…
Descriptors: Phonemics, Language Proficiency, Phrase Structure, Second Language Learning
Smith, Catherine; Butler, Norman L.; Hughes, Teresa Anne; Herrington, David; Kritsonis, William Allan – Online Submission, 2007
This article discusses the strengths and weaknesses of native and nonnative English teachers in Polish schools in light of the researchers' personal language teaching experience and language teacher research and training. It is argued that the NS/NNS controversy is over simplified and ignores the complexities of teacher training, language…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Teaching Experience, Language Teachers
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Lacorte, Manel; Canabal, Evelyn – Heritage Language Journal, 2005
The growing presence of Latino students in U.S. colleges and universities is evident in foreign language (FL) classrooms. Latino students with a high proficiency level in Spanish are usually placed in advanced language or content-based courses along with other non-Latino students. This paper examines university instructors' beliefs and practices…
Descriptors: Spanish, Advanced Students, Classroom Environment, Hispanic Americans