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Comments on Bonny Norton Peirce's "Social Identity, Investment, and Language Learning." A Reader Responds... [and] Interpreting Data: The Role of Theory.
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Price, Stephen; Peirce, Bonny Norton – TESOL Quarterly, 1996
Price's comments argue that Peirce advances understanding of the way in which power relations have a direct effect on language use and learning; however, he raises questions concerning Peirce's theorizing of social identity. Peirce responds that Price's reading was structured by an "a priori" assumption that was not consistent with the objectives…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Discourse Analysis, Power Structure, Second Language Learning
A Relational Model for Managing Second Language Anxiety.
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Foss, Karen A.; Reitzel, Armeda C. – TESOL Quarterly, 1988
Proposes the use of a five-component (motivation, knowledge, skills, outcomes, and context) relational model of communication competence (Spitzberg and Cupach, 1984) as a foundation for understanding and working with students experiencing anxiety in using a second language. Offers specific exercises for helping students manage their perceptions of…
Descriptors: Communication Apprehension, Communicative Competence (Languages), Language Attitudes, Learning Strategies
Effective Use of Visual Aids in the ESOL Classroom
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Kreidler, Carol J. – TESOL Quarterly, 1971
Paper prepared with the support of the Defense Language Institute English Language School, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas under contract F41609-70-C0033, and delivered in 1970 to staff members of the DLIELS. (DS)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Context, English (Second Language)
Myth and Reality in TESOL: A Plea for a Broader View
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Finocchiaro, Mary – TESOL Quarterly, 1971
Paper prepared with the support of the Defense Language Institute English Language School, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas under contract F41609-70-C0033, and delivered in 1970 to staff members of the DLIELS. (DS)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Bilingualism, Educational Objectives, English (Second Language)