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Cross-Linguistic Influence on Referent Introduction and Tracking in Japanese as a Second Language
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Nakahama, Yuko – Modern Language Journal, 2009
This study investigates cross-linguistic influence (CLI)--also known as first language (L1) transfer--on referent introduction and tracking in oral narratives in Japanese as a second language (L2) within the framework of functional approaches to language learning. Narrative discourse produced by two groups of learners of Japanese, one whose L1 is…
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Japanese, Second Language Learning, Transfer of Training
Some Implications of the Innateness Hypothesis
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Rosemont, Henry, Jr. – Modern Language Journal, 1974
Discusses and defends the innateness hypothesis - that a component of the human mind is a species-specific language learning mechanism--and discusses some implications of that hypothesis. (RM)
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creativity, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction
The Use of Songs in Teaching Foreign Languages
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Jolly, Yukiko S. – Modern Language Journal, 1975
The points of similarity between the language and music of a given language are discussed as a theoretical justification for the use of songs in language teaching. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Cultural Exchange, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction, Language Patterns
Learner Code-Switching in the Content-Based Foreign Language Classroom
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Liebscher, Grit; Dailey-O'Cain, Jennifer – Modern Language Journal, 2005
This article is republished from "The Canadian Modern Language Review," 60, 4, pp. 501-526. It is published as an article exchange between the "MLJ" and the "CMLR." The articles for the exchange were selected by committees from the Editorial Board of each journal according to the following criteria: articles of…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Bilingualism, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction