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Zhang, Yuan – American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2022
This paper investigates optimal practices for teaching Chinese as a foreign language, situated within the context of adult learning theories, with a specific focus on adopting Vygotsky's sociocultural perspective. The examination delves into the theory of genre and its role in constructing meaning within cultural and social contexts, exploring its…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Chinese, Teaching Methods
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Fogal, Gary G. – Applied Linguistics, 2019
Engaging a complexity theory view of learning, this study examined an atypical timescale for tracking L2 authorial voice development through the interaction of cognitive processes that inform voice construction. A microgenetic analysis of seven adult Japanese learners of English in a three-week writing course designed to help students develop…
Descriptors: Authors, Second Language Learning, Cognitive Processes, Adult Learning
Singleton, D. M., Ed.; Little, D. G., Ed. – 1984
A number of issues of central importance to understanding the nature of language, its acquisition and use were considered at a seminar on language learning. Papers delivered at the seminar are as follows: "Why Don't Learners Learn What Teachers Teach? The Interaction Hypothesis" (Dick Allwright); "The Role of Instruction in Second Language…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Applied Linguistics, Bilingualism, Children