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Somé-Guiébré, Esther – English Language Teaching, 2016
This study examines the interaction between African immigrant students and their mainstream teachers. I am particularly interested in the influence of classroom practices on the literacy development of Francophone African immigrant children in the U.S. classroom. The student participants in this study (two French speaking African students) were…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Mainstreaming, Teacher Student Relationship, Immigrants
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Dimas, Héctor Manuel Serna – English Language Teaching, 2019
This study intends the validation of an instructional design on intercultural communicative competence (ICC) in the beginning levels of German, French, Italian, Portuguese, and English in the Modern Languages program at EAN University in Colombia. The design constituents: language integration, oral production, fieldwork activities, and a…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Awareness, Introductory Courses
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Ziyan, Xu – English Language Teaching, 2013
Based on Sloin's (1996b) thinking for speaking approach, the study examines L1 influence on the use of English deictic Motion verbs for Chinese EFL learners and French EFL learners. The aim is to find out whether language learners will be influenced by the particular Thinking for Speaking acquired in L1 in the process of L2 acquisition. It is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Ziyan, Xu – English Language Teaching, 2013
This study adopts Talmy's (1985, 1991, 2000) theory of linguistic typology and Slobin's (2003, 2004) hypothesis of Thinking-for-Speaking to investigate the use of additional expressions of Manner in the expression of Motion events by Chinese EFL learners in comparison with French EFL learners. The aim is to find out the Thinking-for-Speaking…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Dimas, Héctor Manuel Serna – English Language Teaching, 2016
This action research study presents the perspectives of two language faculty who integrated the principles of the Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC) model in their teaching. The professors shared their understanding of intercultural communicative competence through a learning log. These reflections were mainly about the challenged notion…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Communicative Competence (Languages), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Omoniyi, Ayeomoni Moses – English Language Teaching, 2012
The languages spoken in Nigeria do not only play significant roles in the socio-political life of the country, but also help in no small measure to unify or integrate the country that is so much diverse in all spheres of life. In realizing these multiplicity of roles the languages play in the country, the Government instituted and enacted a policy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Influences, Political Influences, Language Planning