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Student Artifacts as Language Learning Materials: A New Materialist Analysis of South Korean Job Seekers' Student-Generated Materials Use
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Kim, Miso; Canagarajah, Suresh – Modern Language Journal, 2021
South Korean job seekers face pressure to produce high scores on standardized English tests, which leads to the prominence of test-oriented pedagogy. Though recent scholarship illustrates how materials reflect the values of society and how these are negotiated in classrooms it has mainly analyzed preexisting published books, leaving the potential…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Instructional Materials
Investigating Effects of Working Memory Training on Foreign Language Development
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Hayashi, Yuko – Modern Language Journal, 2019
The current 2-part study investigated the relative contributions of English language training (ELT) and computerized Cogmed working memory training (WMT) to improvements in English-as-a-foreign language (EFL) proficiency and working memory capacity. In Study 1, Japanese undergraduate EFL learners were randomly allocated to 1 of 3 experimental…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
A Measure of Proficiency or Short-Term Memory? Validation of an Elicited Imitation Test for SLA Research
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Kim, Youjin; Tracy-Ventura, Nicole; Jung, Yeonjoo – Modern Language Journal, 2016
Elicited imitation requires listeners to listen and repeat sentences as accurately as possible. In second language acquisition (SLA) research it has been used for a variety of purposes. Recently, versions of the same elicited imitation test (EIT) have been created in 6 languages with the purpose of measuring second language proficiency (Ortega…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Imitation, Second Language Instruction, Language Acquisition
Classroom versus Societal Willingness to Communicate: Investigating French as a Second Language in Flanders
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Denies, Katrijn; Yashima, Tomoko; Janssen, Rianne – Modern Language Journal, 2015
This study investigates willingness to communicate (WTC) and its determinants through structural equation modelling (SEM). Building on models by MacIntyre and Charos (1996) and Yashima (2002), it addresses 3 apparent gaps in the current knowledge base: It is the first SEM-based WTC study in a Western European context, investigating French as a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Structural Equation Models, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
The Pimsleur Battery as a Predictor of Student Performance.
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Curtin, Constance; And Others – Modern Language Journal, 1983
A study was undertaken of the predictive validity of the Pimsleur Language Aptitude Battery at a university high school. Correlations of foreign language final grades and total scores on the Pimsleur battery are presented. Reliance on the battery score as a simple predictor of foreign language achievement is not recommended. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grades (Scholastic), High School Students, Language Aptitude
Incorporating Critical Thinking and Authenticity into Business German Testing.
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Egbert, Maria; Maxim, Hiram – Modern Language Journal, 1998
Proposes to integrate critical thinking and problem-solving into two existing international tests of business German (Prufung Wirtschaftsdeutsch International and Zertifikat Deutsch fur den Beruf), and to contextualize the tests' tasks in a more authentic business setting without compromising their content. Parallels are drawn with the American…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Critical Thinking, German, Language Tests