NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 13 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Crossley, Scott; Kyle, Kristopher; Salsbury, Thomas – Modern Language Journal, 2016
This study investigates relations between second language (L2) lexical input and output in terms of word information properties (i.e., lexical salience; Ellis, 2006a). The data for this study come from a longitudinal corpus of naturalistic spoken data between L2 learners and first language (L1) interlocutors collected over a year's time. The…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Language Research, Second Language Learning, Computational Linguistics
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Norris, John M. – Modern Language Journal, 2016
Language program evaluation is a pragmatic mode of inquiry that illuminates the complex nature of language-related interventions of various kinds, the factors that foster or constrain them, and the consequences that ensue. Program evaluation enables a variety of evidence-based decisions and actions, from designing programs and implementing…
Descriptors: Second Language Programs, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Program Evaluation
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Gorter, Durk; Cenoz, Jasone – Modern Language Journal, 2011
This article summarizes the individual contributions to this special issue and discusses the advantages and implications of adopting a multilingual approach. The advantages include the possibility of examining language practices in context and providing insights about the way languages are acquired and used. This multilingual approach also opens…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Language Usage, Second Language Instruction
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Yuldashev, Aziz; Fernandez, Julieta; Thorne, Steven L. – Modern Language Journal, 2013
Research has described the key role of formulaic language use in both written and spoken communication (Schmitt, 2004; Wray, 2002), as well as in relation to L2 learning (Ellis, Simpson--Vlach, & Maynard, 2008). Relatively few studies have examined related fixed and semi-fixed multi-word units (MWUs), which comprise fixed parts with the potential…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Electronic Publishing, High School Students
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Franceschini, Rita – Modern Language Journal, 2011
The overall aim of this article is to argue that the functioning of every language system is based on a potential multilingual competence. The empirical basis for this is now broad enough to gain a comprehensive view on the overall competence of a multilingual individual. Moreover, increasing theoretical reflection has conferred an increasingly…
Descriptors: Psycholinguistics, Multilingualism, Cultural Context, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Meunier, Fanny; Littre, Damien – Modern Language Journal, 2013
The article discusses the potential of combining learner corpus research with experimental studies in order to fine-tune the understanding of learner language development. It illustrates the complementarity of the two methodological approaches with data from an ongoing study of the acquisition of the English tense and aspect system by French…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Morphemes
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Jenks, Christopher Joseph – Modern Language Journal, 2009
Information gap tasks have played a key role in applied linguistics (Pica, 2005). For example, extensive research has been conducted using information gap tasks to elicit second language data. Yet, despite their prominent role in research and pedagogy, there is still much to be investigated with regard to what information gap tasks offer research…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Language Usage, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Firth, Alan; Wagner, Johannes – Modern Language Journal, 2007
In this article, we begin by delineating the background to and motivations behind Firth and Wagner (1997), wherein we called for a reconceptualization of second language acquisition (SLA) research. We then outline and comment upon some of our critics' reactions to the article. Next we review and discuss the conceptual, theoretical, and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Research, Linguistic Theory, Language Usage
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Firth, Alan; Wagner, Johannes – Modern Language Journal, 2007
This article argues for a reconceptualization of Second Language Acquisition (SLA) research that would enlarge the ontological and empirical parameters of the field. We claim that methodologies, theories, and foci within SLA reflect an imbalance between cognitive and mentalistic orientations, and social and contextual orientations to language, the…
Descriptors: Fundamental Concepts, Language Research, Second Language Learning, Native Speakers
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Tarone, Elaine – Modern Language Journal, 2007
This article discusses sociolinguistically oriented research on second language acquisition (SLA) in the decade since Firth and Wagner (1997). Over the last 10 years, substantial progress has been made in developing a model of the sociolinguistic processes that inform second language acquisition. This model is supported by empirical evidence on…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Second Language Learning, Language Research, Research Methodology
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Harlow, Linda L. – Modern Language Journal, 1990
Examines the rationale for research into what constitutes sociopragmatic competence; reviews a series of relevant empirical studies; and reports on one such study of requests, thanks, and apologies made by native speakers and non-native learners of French. (23 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, French, Language Research, Language Usage
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Kramsch, Claire – Modern Language Journal, 2000
Argues that applied linguistics, as the interdisciplinary field that mediates between the theory and practice of language acquisition and use, is the overarching field that includes second language acquisition (SLA) and SLA-related domains of research. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Intellectual Disciplines, Interdisciplinary Approach, Language Research
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Lado, Robert – Modern Language Journal, 1970
Experiment supported by a grant from the U.S. Office of Education, OEC-0-70-1626. Bibliography included. (DS)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Deep Structure, Language Instruction, Language Research