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Autonomous Pluralistic Learning Strategies among Mexican Indigenous and Minority University Students Learning English
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Despagne, Colette – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2015
This critical ethnographic case study draws on Indigenous and minority students' process of learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in Mexico. The study specifically focuses on students who enrolled in a program called "A Wager with the Future." The aim of the study is to identify and understand contributing factors in these…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Mexicans, English (Second Language), Power Structure
The Role of Conscious Strategies in Second Language Proficiency.
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Bialystok, Ellen – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1979
Reports on a study which sought to identify and examine the effects of certain learning strategies--practice, monitoring, and inferencing--on second language learning. (AM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Language Proficiency, Language Research, Learning Processes
Acquisition of Grammatical Gender in French: L2 Learner Accuracy and Strategies.
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Hardison, Debra M. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1992
Three studies of the development of gender competence in elementary and intermediate level learners of French as a second language are reported. The findings support an emerging rule-governed process of gender assignment related to the learner's development of skill with the language's underlying phonological system. (11 references) (MSE)
Descriptors: College Students, French, Grammar, Higher Education
Facilitating Learning Competence: Perspectives on an Expanded Role for Second-Language Teachers.
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Wenden, Anita L. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1985
Considers the implications of research on intentional learning processes for the role of the second language teacher. It is recommended that teachers take on the task of helping their students refine their competence as learners. Techniques for classroom practice are suggested. (MSE)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style, French, Intentional Learning
Fostering High Levels of Constructive Responses in Second Language Learners.
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Corbeil, Giselle – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1992
A scale of processes found most constructive for second-language learning was validated with two groups of adult French students. Instruction of one group included use of the scale. Pre- and posttests of language learning and use of processes suggest that unsuccessful language learners can be taught to improve performance. (31 references)…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Evaluation Methods
A Touch of...Class!
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LeBlanc, J. Clarence; Besnard, Christine – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1996
Focuses on the effect of using a second language in the classroom and the series of mental situations created in the listener in this environment. The second entry in this section discusses what is required in a student who listens to the news in a foreign language on a daily basis as presented by Radio Canada. (CK)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Radio, Foreign Countries, French
Error Correction in French Immersion.
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Froc, Myra L. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1995
Examines the problems associated with interlanguage in French immersion and how teachers can use the writing process to help students develop the target language. It is suggested that language can be mediated through conferencing sessions, and in so doing, propel students into their zone of proximal development. (15 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Course Objectives, Error Correction, Foreign Countries, French