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PDF pending restorationCody, Karen – Texas Papers in Foreign Language Education, 2000
This paper proposes a synthesis of instructional methods from both traditional/explicit grammar and learner-centered/constructivist camps that also incorporates many types of metaphors (abstract, visual, and kinesthetic) in order to lead learners from declarative to proceduralized to automatized knowledge. This integrative, synthetic approach…
Descriptors: Class Activities, French, Higher Education, Metaphors
Download full textCarter, Beverly-Anne – Texas Papers in Foreign Language Education, 1999
This study examined data elicited by the Beliefs About Language Learning Inventory (BALLI), which was administered to first-year, advanced learners of French at the University of the West Indies. The questionnaire looked at students' attitudes regarding the difficulty of language learning, foreign language aptitude, the nature of language…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, College Students, French, Higher Education
Myers, Lindsy L. – Texas Papers in Foreign Language Education, 2000
This paper focuses on second language (L2) learning through task-based interaction as well as the compatibility of the theories of task-based learning and Vygotsky's sociocultural theory. Language tasks encourage L2 learning by using language as a tool to accomplish a goal. This study analyzes the interaction of first-semester French students…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Cooperative Learning, Educational Theories, French
Kassen, Margaret Ann – Texas Papers in Foreign Language Education, 1988
Given the strengths and weaknesses of previous research on second language writing, a study was undertaken to investigate the comments made by six native speaker (NS) and non-native speaker (NNS) teachers of intermediate French regarding compositions written by their students. The teachers were asked to grade a set of regularly scheduled…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Objectives, French, Grading
Phillips, Elaine M. – Texas Papers in Foreign Language Education, 1989
A study of communication anxiety in second language learning investigated: (1) the role of four factors (sex, language learning experience, language studied, and confidence) in student apprehension about speaking in the classroom; and (2) students' stated reactions to speaking. Subjects were 101 college students in 4 intact French, Spanish, and…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, College Students, Communication Apprehension, French
Crow, Cheney – Texas Papers in Foreign Language Education, 1990
A case study analyzed the babbling and speech production of an infant, aged 20 to 24 months, whose family members spoke Portuguese, English, and French interchangeably. Focus was on vowel production, choice of lexicon, and the relationship between babbling and speech in the interaction of his languages. The child's utterances were recorded in…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Case Studies, Child Language, Code Switching (Language)
Fox, Amy L., Ed.; Karam, Morris A., Ed.; Reese, Curt L., Ed. – Texas Papers in Foreign Language Education, 1999
This journal presents the following four papers: "Begin with Beliefs: Exploring the Relationship Between Beliefs and Learner Autonomy Among Advanced Students" (Beverly-Anne Carter); "An Exploratory Comparison of Oral Narrative Styles in Korea and the U.S." (Jungmin Ko); "Rethinking the Red Ink: Audio-Feedback in the ESL…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, College Students, English (Second Language), Feedback
Carpenter, Mark, Ed. – Texas Papers in Foreign Language Education, 2000
Articles in this issue include the following: "Chat in EFL: Communicative Humanistic Acculturation Techniques" (Daniel Evans); "Task Interpretation and Task Effectiveness: A Vygotskian Analysis of a French L2 Classroom Task" (Lindsy Myers); "Envisioning a Standards-Based Methods Course: Preparing Second Language Educators…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Acculturation, Bilingual Education, Cultural Differences
