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Denman, Feargus – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2021
This article examines how Russian speakers in Ireland delimit and describe (their/the) Russian language in relation to representations of standard Russian. It is based on analysis of discussions conducted between speakers of Russian living in Ireland, facilitated by the Our Languages (2008-2011) research project, investigating multilingualism and…
Descriptors: Russian, Metalinguistics, Standard Spoken Usage, Foreign Countries
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López de Aguileta, Garazi; Torras-Gómez, Elisabeth; García-Carrión, Rocío; Flecha, Ramon – Language and Education, 2020
The dialogic nature of human beings has widely been argued in the scientific literature. Language, as a cultural and psychological tool, has the potential to construct social meanings, including those related to love, attraction and desire. In these emotional dimensions of the self, people use 'the language of desire', defined as the capacity of…
Descriptors: Ethics, Language Usage, Literary Criticism, Intervention
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Zijlmans, Lidy; van Oostendorp, Marc; van Hout, Roeland – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2020
This article reports on the academic performance and experiences of non-native university students, specifically German students in a Dutch academic environment. These students have a substantial dropout rate. In an earlier study, we found correlations between results on language tests and study results. In this study, we used semi-structured…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Native Language, Indo European Languages, German
Chilver, Peter; Gould, Gerard – 1982
Written by teachers for teachers, this book on language in the classroom is concerned with the various ways children are taught and the various ways they learn in response to that teaching. Chapter 1 analyzes the prewriting discussion of a group of 16 year olds to provide a model of language in use, and suggests four factors affecting the quality…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Cloze Procedure, Content Area Writing, Creative Writing