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Instruction, First Language Influence, and Developmental Readiness in Second Language Acquisition.
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Spada, Nina; Lightbown, Patsy M. – Modern Language Journal, 1999
Investigated how learners' developmental readiness interacted with instruction in second language (L2) acquisition. Researchers pretested francophone children (age 11 to 12) on their knowledge and use of English questions, determined their developmental stages, then exposed them to numerous English questions in class. Posttesting indicated that…
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmental Stages, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Do They Know What They're Doing? L2 Learners' Awareness of L1 Influence.
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Lightbown, Patsy M.; Spada, Nina – Language Awareness, 2000
Reports on a study that examined the extent to which learners can make explicit first language rules that appear to influence their second language performance. The learners were 11- and 12-year-old francophone students learning English in intensive communicative English-as-a-Second-Language classes in Quebec. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, French Canadians
Comprehension-Based Learning: The Limits of "Do It Yourself."
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Lightbown, Patsy M.; Halter, Randall H.; White, Joanna L.; Horst, Marlise – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2002
Reports a study of children in a comprehension-based English-as-a-Second-Language program. After 6 years students performed as well as comparison students on measures of comprehension and measures of oral production. Describes gaps in the written language of students in the comprehension-based program, includes a follow-up study with secondary…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Oral Language
L1 and L2 in the Education of Inuit Children in Northern Quebec: Abilities and Perceptions.
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Spada, Nina; Lightbown, Patsy M. – Language and Education, 2002
Observed primary and secondary classrooms in which students received instruction in their second language (L2), interviewed teachers about students' knowledge and use of the first language and second language, and examined the students' ability to understand and produce written and oral samples in their L2. Students were Inuits in Northern Quebec…
Descriptors: Canada Natives, Elementary Secondary Education, Eskimos, Foreign Countries
Identifying Research Priorities: Themes and Directions for the TESOL International Research Foundation.
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Tucker, G. Richard; Lightbown, Patsy M.; Snow, Catherine; Christian, Donna; de Bot, Kees; Lynch, Brian K.; Nunan, David; Duff, Patricia A.; Freeman, Donald; Bailey, Kathleen M. – TESOL Quarterly, 2001
Highlights research priorities for the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) field, including the following: age of beginning instruction, learning to read in a second language, dual-language education for English language learners, language assessment and program evaluation, English as a global language, learning English for…
Descriptors: Age, Bilingual Education, English (Second Language), English for Academic Purposes
Time and the Distribution of L2 Instruction.
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Collins, Laura; Halter, Randall H.; Lightbown, Patsy M.; Spada, Nina – TESOL Quarterly, 1999
Reports the results of research investigating the effectiveness of three types of English-as-Second-Language (ESL) programs in Quebec. Equivalent ESL curricula were taught over the regular 10-month school year in "distributed" programs, over a 5-month period in "massed" programs, and over a 5-month period along with…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Extracurricular Activities, Foreign Countries, Grade 6
How Languages Are Learned.
Lightbown, Patsy M.; Spada, Nina – 1994
This book is designed to help second and foreign language teachers understand how languages are learned. Chapter 1 examines several theories on how young children acquire their first language, including behaviorist, innatist, and interactionist models. Chapter 2 presents and analyzes several theories on second language (SL) learning. Chapter 3…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education