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Bracke, Evelien; Bradshaw, Ceri – Language Learning Journal, 2020
This article reviews a century of US data on the impact of learning Latin and explores to what extent the collected findings demonstrate that Latin can play a role in improving pupils' educational attainments, particularly in first language (L1), modern foreign language (MFL) and cognitive development. Contextualising these data allows us to…
Descriptors: Latin, Second Language Learning, Outcomes of Education, Language Acquisition
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Aberdeen, Helen – Language Learning Journal, 2018
One of the key topics on any Modern Languages Postgraduate Certificate of Education (PGCE) course in the United Kingdom is the hotly debated issue of target language (TL) use. When and why do teachers use the TL in delivering lessons and when and why do they code switch into the learners' language? Does their practice change over time? Does it…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Comparative Analysis, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Vanderplank, Robert – Language Learning Journal, 2019
Watching foreign language programmes and films with captions (same-language subtitles intended for the deaf and hard-of-hearing) has been shown to assist learners in phonetic retuning, vocabulary acquisition and listening comprehension [e.g. Mitterer and McQueen, 2009. Foreign subtitles help but native-language subtitles harm foreign speech…
Descriptors: Films, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Italian