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The Cambridge Handbook of Language Learning. Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics
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Schwieter, John W., Ed.; Benati, Alessandro, Ed. – Cambridge University Press, 2019
Providing a comprehensive survey of cutting-edge work on second language learning, this "Handbook," written by a team of leading experts, surveys the nature of second language learning and its implications for teaching. Prominent theories and methods from linguistics, psycholinguistics, processing-based, and cognitive approaches are…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Educational Theories
The Effects of Multisensory Structured Language Instruction on Native Language and Foreign Language Aptitude Skills of At-Risk High School Foreign Language Learners.
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Sparks, Richard; And Others – Annals of Dyslexia, 1992
A multisensory structured language (MSL) approach was utilized with two groups of at-risk high school students (n=63), taught in either English and Spanish (MSL/ES) or Spanish only. Foreign language aptitude improved for both groups and native language skills for the MSL/ES group. A group receiving traditional foreign language instruction showed…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, High Schools, Instructional Effectiveness, Language Aptitude
The Effects of Multisensory Structured Language Instruction on Native Language and Foreign Language Aptitude Skills of At-Risk High School Foreign Language Learners: A Replication and Follow-Up Study.
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Sparks, Richard L.; Ganschow, Leonore – Annals of Dyslexia, 1993
This replication study and follow-up study found that, when a multisensory structured language approach to teaching Spanish was used with a group of at-risk high school students, the group's pretest and posttest scores on native language phonological processing, verbal memory and vocabulary, and foreign language aptitude measures showed…
Descriptors: Followup Studies, High Risk Students, High Schools, Instructional Effectiveness
Language, Class, and Cultural Implications on First and Second Language Acquisition: A Cross-Cultural Study of Cognitive Consequences.
Yu, Agnes; Bain, Bruce – 1980
This paper explores the different patterns of cognitive behavior of children from varying linguistic, socio-economic, and cultural backgrounds. Several perspectives on cognitive consequences as related to language, class, and culture are presented. The sample consisted of grade one children, one hundred ten boys and one hundred girls between six…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Children, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes