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Translanguaging in the Bilingual Classroom: A Pedagogy for Learning and Teaching?
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Creese, Angela; Blackledge, Adrian – Modern Language Journal, 2010
This article reports on research that questions commonsense understandings of a bilingual pedagogy predicated on what Cummins refers to as the "two solitudes" assumption. It sets out to describe a flexible bilingual approach to language teaching and learning in Chinese and Gujarati community language schools in the United Kingdom. We…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Bilingual Education, Monolingualism, Foreign Countries
Learning a Second Language through Commands: The Second Field Test
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Asher, James J.; And Others – Modern Language Journal, 1974
Research supported by a contract from the U.S. Office of Education. (HW)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Strategies, Language Research, Listening Comprehension
The Role of Grammar Instruction in a Communicative Approach.
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Terrell, Tracy David – Modern Language Journal, 1991
Theory and research suggest three ways grammar instruction might assist second-language acquisition. These include the following: as an advance organizer; as a meaning-form focus in communication activities where there are many examples of a single meaning-form relationship; and through monitoring, if learners can acquire their own input. (41…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Communicative Competence (Languages), Curriculum Design, Educational Strategies
Student Attitudes toward Communicative and Non-Communicative Activities: Do Enjoyment and Effectiveness Go Together?
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Green, John M. – Modern Language Journal, 1993
A study investigated the effectiveness of communicative and noncommunicative class activities for English second-language instruction in relation to student perceptions of the degree to which those activities were enjoyable. Results indicate a positive correlation between enjoyableness and perceived effectiveness but do not show a causal…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Comparative Analysis