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Direct linkMilton, James; Hopwood, Oliver – Language Learning Journal, 2022
The vocabulary content of the French MFL curriculum in England has received criticism (Häcker, M. 2008. Eleven pets and 20 ways to express one's opinion: the vocabulary learners of German acquire at English secondary schools. "The Language Learning Journal" 36, no. 2: 215-26; Tschichold, C. 2012. French vocabulary in Encore…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Linguistic Input, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Montero Perez, Maribel – Language Learning Journal, 2019
While there is increasing evidence that learners pick up new words while viewing video with captions (i.e. L2 subtitles), little is known about the role of instructional interventions prior to viewing. This study uses eye-movement registration to investigate the effect of pre-learning vocabulary before watching a captioned video. Thirty…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Video Technology
Woore, Robert – Language Learning Journal, 2018
Phonological decoding, defined here as converting the written forms of words (or letter strings) into the phonological forms they represent, has been argued to play an important role in various aspects of L2 learning. Previous studies have emphasised the importance of transfer in L2 decoding, interpretable as the automatic triggering of L1-based…
Descriptors: Phonology, French, Pronunciation, Second Language Learning
Crichton, Hazel – Language Learning Journal, 2009
This paper presents some of the preliminary findings of a study into modern languages (ML) learning in five Scottish secondary schools. Five ML teachers were observed and audio-recorded over a period of several weeks while teaching their third-year classes (pupils aged 14-15 years). All the teachers used the target language extensively in their…
Descriptors: Modern Languages, Teacher Attitudes, Communication Skills, Second Language Instruction
Pegrum, Mark; Hartley, Linda; Wechtler, Veronique – Language Learning Journal, 2005
Foreign-language cinema has generally been relegated to a minor role in language education. This paper reports on and analyses the results of a survey of attitudes towards foreign film among UK university students of French, German and Spanish. The findings reveal students' limited exposure to and relative lack of familiarity with non-anglophone…
Descriptors: Films, Linguistic Input, French, German
Marsden, Emma – Language Learning Journal, 2005
This article presents arguments for using listening and reading activities as an option for techniques in grammar pedagogy. It describes two possible approaches: Processing Instruction (PI) and Enriched Input (EI), and examples of their key features are included in the appendices. The article goes on to report on a classroom based quasi-experiment…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Learning Activities, Verbs, Grammar
