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Communication and Gamification in the Web-Based Foreign Language Educational System: Web- Based Foreign Language Educational System
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Osipov, Ilya V.; Volinsky, Alex A.; Nikulchev, Evgeny; Prasikova, Anna Y. – International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, 2016
The paper describes development of the educational online web communication platform for teaching and learning foreign languages. The main objective was to develop a web application for teaching foreigners to understand casual fluent speech. The system is based on the time bank principle, allowing users to teach others their native language along…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Educational Games, Web Based Instruction, Online Courses
Got Film? Is It a Readily Accessible Window to the Target Language and Culture for Your Students?
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Bueno, Kathleen A. – Foreign Language Annals, 2009
This article reviews what we know about integrating film into our foreign language classes and addresses the aspects of film and the media literacy issues that impact deeper understanding of the target language and culture. In addition, I illustrate the interplay of these factors in planning instruction that integrates film in the third and fourth…
Descriptors: Management Systems, Films, Spanish, Second Language Learning
The Amount, Purpose, and Reasons for Using L1 in L2 Classrooms
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de la Campa, Juliane C.; Nassaji, Hossein – Foreign Language Annals, 2009
This study examined the amount, the purposes, and the reasons why L1 is used in L2 classrooms. Data consist of video and audio recording of samples of two instructors' L2 classes over the course of a 12-week semester in two second-year German conversation university courses, instructor interviews, and stimulated recall sessions. Results revealed…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, German, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Taking Spanish outside the Box: A Model for Integrating Service Learning into Foreign Language Study
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Caldwell, Wendy – Foreign Language Annals, 2007
Many service learning studies support the positive effects of expanding the classroom into the community. The rapidly shifting demographic composition of the United States calls for a postsecondary education system that is able to prepare students to enter a global society. Service learning provides an opportunity for students to connect with the…
Descriptors: Models, Service Learning, Spanish, Second Language Learning
The Relationship between Cognitive Development and Foreign Language Proficiency.
Jacobus, Everett Franklin, Jr. – 1989
Based on research relating William Perry's scheme of cognitive development to foreign language proficiency, a developmental hypothesis concerning language ability is proposed. This approach suggests that lower developmental stages in the cognitive domain retard the achievement of communicative language proficiency, while higher developmental…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Communicative Competence (Languages), Conversational Language Courses, Developmental Stages
Immersion Study Abroad in Mexico: Using Repair Behaviors to Assess Proficiency Changes
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Smartt, Jerry T.; Scudder, Rosalind R. – Foreign Language Annals, 2004
Repair behavior in university-level students was investigated to determine if students who study abroad use repair behavior differently from students who do not. The Mexico group (N =24) studied Conversational Spanish at La Salle University, Cancun. The U.S. group (N = 9) completed the same course at Friends University, Wichita, Kansas. Pretest…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Abroad, Conversational Language Courses, Spanish