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Park, Mee Ryoung – Children's Literature in Education, 2018
This paper examines the domestication of children literature through the comparative study of two translations of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Vladimir Nabokov and Boris Zakhoder. "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" has a reputation for being difficult to translate into foreign languages due to its strong linguistic…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Translation, Childrens Literature, Fiction
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Bell, Nancy; Skalicky, Stephen; Salsbury, Tom – Language Learning, 2014
Humor and language play have been recognized as important aspects of second language (L2) development. Qualitative studies that have documented the forms and functions of language play for adult and child L2 users have taken place largely in classroom settings. In order to gain a fuller understanding of such creative manipulations by L2 users, it…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Case Studies, Second Language Learning, Language Usage
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Civil, Marta; Hunter, Roberta – Intercultural Education, 2015
This article focuses on argumentation in mathematics classrooms in two different geographic contexts, the US and New Zealand. Drawing on data from a case with immigrant students (Pasifika) in NZ and a case with Mexican American students in the US, we argue for the need to study the concept of argumentation through a cultural and language lens. Our…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Mathematics Instruction, Cultural Background, Immigrants
Carey, Britany, Ed.; Sasayama, Shoko, Ed. – National Foreign Language Resource Center at University of Hawaii, 2011
The theme of this year's conference was "Check Your Vision for the Future" with papers highlighting emerging changes in language use and literature, as well as suggestions for improving language teaching and maintenance in the future. The plenary speech was given by Dr. Katie Drager, followed by student presentations. Following a preface…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Sex Stereotypes, Japanese
Pallotti, Gabriele, Ed.; Wagner, Johannes, Ed. – National Foreign Language Resource Center at University of Hawaii, 2011
This volume collects empirical studies applying Conversation Analysis to situations where second, third and other additional languages are used. A number of different aspects are considered, including how linguistic systems develop over time through social interaction, how participants 'do' language learning and teaching in classroom and everyday…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Discourse Analysis, Pragmatics