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Learning to Think in a Second Language: Effects of Proficiency and Length of Exposure in English Learners of German
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Athanasopoulos, Panos; Damjanovic, Ljubica; Burnand, Julie; Bylund, Emanuel – Modern Language Journal, 2015
The aim of the current study is to investigate motion event cognition in second language learners in a higher education context. Based on recent findings that speakers of grammatical aspect languages like English attend less to the endpoint (goal) of events than do speakers of nonaspect languages like Swedish in a nonverbal categorization task…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Psycholinguistics, German, English
Teaching Literature in Translation: An Experiment at the Introductory Level
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Kaes, Anton; Offstein, Elena – Modern Language Journal, 1972
Issue devoted to teaching foreign literatures in the language classroom. (DS)
Descriptors: Drama, Experimental Teaching, German Literature, Language Instruction
A Supplement to Foreign Language Degrees Granted, 1974-1975
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Modern Language Journal, 1977
This listing of foreign language doctoral degrees granted in 1974-1975 is a supplement to the list published in "The Modern Language Journal" in January-February 1976. (CHK)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Doctoral Degrees, Doctoral Dissertations, French Literature
What Is Good Style? Reader Reactions to German Text Samples
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Frey, Eberhard – Modern Language Journal, 1972
Issue devoted to teaching foreign literatures in the language classroom. (DS)
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Charts, German Literature, Language Instruction
History, Literature, and the Composition and Conversation Class.
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Adelson, Leslie – Modern Language Journal, 1988
A college professor of German describes an approach to teaching history and literature in a German composition and conversation class, discussing how encouragement of free speech and writing in German enhanced language skills and learning and also appreciation for German history and culture. (CB)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Conversational Language Courses, Course Content, Cultural Awareness
Doctoral Degrees Granted in Foreign Languages in the United States: 1995.
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Benseler, David P.; And Others – Modern Language Journal, 1996
Lists doctoral degrees granted in the United States in African languages and literatures; Celtic languages and literatures; comparative literature; foreign-/second-language acquisition and teaching; French, Germanic, and Italian languages and literatures; theoretical linguistics; Near and Middle Eastern languages and literatures; and Portuguese,…
Descriptors: African Studies, Doctoral Degrees, French Literature, German Literature