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Direct linkGarcía-Pinar, Aránzazu – Language Learning Journal, 2022
One of the most recent developments in the field of L2 motivation is the construct of Directed Motivational Currents (DMCs). This novel motivational conceptualisation is characterised by its energising capacity to promote and sustain action in a multitude of contexts whenever an individual is determined to attain a goal/vision he or she regards as…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Learner Engagement
Download full textThuratham, Wadinlada – Journal of Educational Issues, 2022
To have necessary and ready skills for careers in the 21st century, students should be given awareness of the importance of English, not only in formal but also non-formal and informal education. However, students still lack English abilities, and their English communication skills are still in need of development. Thus, this study aims to analyse…
Descriptors: Informal Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
He, Shuhua; Yang, Lu; Leung, Genevieve; Zhou, Qing; Tong, Rosina; Uchikoshi, Yuuko – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2022
Building on research that has demonstrated the benefits of Dual-Language Bilingual Education (DLBE) programmes on students' bilingual, academic, and cross-cultural development (Lindholm-Leary and Hernández 2011), this study examines the links between dual language proficiency and competence in elementary students enrolled in a Cantonese DLBE…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Bilingual Education Programs, Academic Achievement, Language Skills
Llinares, Ana, Ed.; Morton, Tom, Ed. – Language Learning & Language Teaching, 2017
This book represents the first collection of studies on Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) which brings together a range of perspectives through which CLIL has been investigated within Applied Linguistics. The book aims to show how the four perspectives of Second Language Acquisition (SLA), Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL),…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Wang, Hung-Chun; Shih, Su-Chin – Foreign Language Annals, 2011
This study investigated how English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' types of language for thinking and types of oral elicitation tasks influence their lexical collocational errors in speech. Data were collected from 42 English majors in Taiwan using two instruments: (1) 3 oral elicitation tasks and (2) an inner speech questionnaire. The…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Error Patterns, Language Role, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedEvans, Stephen – Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics, 1999
Examines language in the workplace, specifically the construction industry in Hong Kong. Provides detailed information on language use in a professional context at the time of Hong Kong's return to China and shows that written communication is mainly in English, while spoken language is predominately Cantonese. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Cantonese, Case Studies, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Bourret, Annie, Ed.; L'Homme, Marie-Claude, Ed. – 1988
A collection of essays addresses aspects of the "Language Utilities," the general term for the area of the conjunction of computer science and linguistics. The following are English translations of the titles of the articles in the collections: "Industrialization of the French Language and Its Maintenance as an Important Language of…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science
Puerto Rico State Dept. of Education, Hato Rey. – 1985
Recognizing that different groups of students have different reasons for learning a second language, different language needs, and different intellectual capacities and abilities, this guide presents recommended language skills for an eclectic approach to English as a second language instruction. The language and reading scope and sequence for…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education
