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Nermin Cantas – Modern Language Journal, 2024
Heritage language (HL) learning is often facilitated by consistent exposure to the HL in family language policy (FLP). However, when children develop a preference for the majority language, family members may negotiate their use of both languages to establish a stronger emotional bond with their children while providing rich HL input. This article…
Descriptors: Family Relationship, Native Language, Language Usage, Second Language Learning
Koen Van Gorp; Steven Verheyen – Modern Language Journal, 2024
For many children in Flanders, Belgium, the language of instruction is not their first language. Allowing children to use their heritage languages in the classroom has been argued to have functional and socioemotional benefits. In two exploratory studies, we introduced a multilingual task in four classrooms across three linguistically and socially…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Multilingualism, Emotional Response
Lou, Nigel Mantou; Noels, Kimberly A. – Modern Language Journal, 2020
Growth language mindsets (i.e., beliefs that language ability can be improved) are found to sustain learners' motivation and resilience in challenging situations. Considering that migrants who are speakers of languages other than the dominant ones often face challenging daily communications, we examined important but understudied questions of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Foreign Students, Student Attitudes
Song, Juyoung – Modern Language Journal, 2012
This is a yearlong ethnographic case study of 2 study abroad South Korean families' language socialization practices in their home. It explored how these parents', particularly the mothers', future visions of their returning community in South Korea influenced their home language socialization practices. As their future vision, it employed the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Socialization, Ideology, Bilingualism
Gatbonton, Elizabeth; Trofimovich, Pavel; Segalowitz, Norman – Modern Language Journal, 2011
In today's increasingly multicultural and multilingual world, having the ability to use a variety of second (L2) or foreign languages is no longer just a luxury but a socioeconomic necessity. This situation has given rise to an urgency to understand more deeply the relationship between L2 learning and use and factors arising from membership in…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Ethnic Groups, Multilingualism, Language Attitudes
McNamara, Tim – Modern Language Journal, 2011
Discussions of multilingualism in education, as exemplified by the articles in this issue, can be critically reevaluated using perspectives available from poststructuralism. These perspectives focus on the potential ambiguity of language and language practices. This, in turn, encourages us to question simple notions of the relationship of learners…
Descriptors: Criticism, Figurative Language, Language Tests, Multilingualism
Robinson, John P.; Rivers, William P.; Brecht, Richard D. – Modern Language Journal, 2006
With President George W. Bush's unprecedented call in January 2006 to expand the foreign language capacity of the United States, it has become clear that languages other than English (LOE) are of great interest to public policy in the United States. Yet the language capacity of the United States remains poorly documented. The 2000 General Social…
Descriptors: Second Languages, Language Proficiency, Public Policy, Correlation

Joseph, John E. – Modern Language Journal, 1988
Considers the evolving pedagogical dilemma surrounding the teaching of "New French" and discusses the various options foreign-language teachers will eventually have to choose among when teaching French. (CB)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Dialects, French, Language Attitudes

Arndt, Horst; Pesch, Helmut W. – Modern Language Journal, 1984
Discusses how visual perception may be adapted for language teaching purposes. Since the study of language is not restricted to the verbal domain, a language teaching strategy involving visual aids enables the learner to communicate both actively and passively in a foreign language, thus contributing to an understanding of language and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Creative Activities, Language Attitudes, Language Usage

Ball, Robert J.; Ellsworth, J. D. – Modern Language Journal, 1996
Refutes the claim that Latin can be spoken as if it were a modern language. This article is an effort to combat the movement to teach Latin by the four skills approach and to call for a return to an honest and reasonable way of teaching the classical language, along lines that help preserve its uniqueness and traditional integrity. (21 references)…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Classical Languages, Foreign Countries, Greek

Tarone, Elaine; Swain, Merrill – Modern Language Journal, 1995
This paper cites observational and interview evidence indicating that language immersion students in the United States and Canada increasingly avoid using their second language in peer interactions as they move into higher primary grade levels. Implications for immersion programs and teachers are discussed. (32 references) (MDM)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, FLES, Immersion Programs, Interviews