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Abdel-Malek, Myriam – Foreign Language Annals, 2019
This multiple case study investigated the application of the genre-based approach (GBA) in a second-semester university-level Arabic class. This article depicts the linguistic features that make possible the recounting of habitual events (recount) in Arabic and outlines how during the GBA, both (1) the notion of purpose for writing and (2) the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Semitic Languages, College Students, Second Language Learning
Troyan, Francis J.; Sembiante, Sabrina F.; King, Nicole – Foreign Language Annals, 2019
This article contributes to broader discussions of the knowledge base for language teacher education; the standards and policies that inform world language teacher education; and the need for a systematic, principled, and robust theory of language to underpin contexualized world language teaching and learning. Specifically, it proposes that the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Standards, Longitudinal Studies
Kinginger, Celeste; Carnine, Julia – Foreign Language Annals, 2019
Drawing on Vygotsky's insights on the sociocultural origins of development, we examine the French homestay as a site for learning, with a focus on the dinner table. Based on audio recordings of mealtime interactions, interviews, and field notes, we present two case studies of French language learners and their host families. "Amelia"…
Descriptors: Case Studies, French, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Troyan, Francis John; King, Nicole; Bramli, Ahmed – Foreign Language Annals, 2021
Framed within the discussions of the knowledge base for language immersion teachers, this article presents a qualitative case study of a first-year Grade 2 French immersion teacher's enactment of his systemic functional linguistic (SFL) knowledge to position his students in a culturally sustaining genre pedagogy. We examined interactive events and…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Troyan, Francis J. – Foreign Language Annals, 2014
Recent educational standards have refocused the goals of foreign language (FL) instruction on "the purpose of communication" (ACTFL, 2012, p. 1) across the three modes of communication (interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational). To this end, this article considers a linguistically based genre theory as a means of enhancing…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, State Standards, English (Second Language)
Martinsen, Rob A.; Alvord, Scott M.; Tanner, Joshua – Foreign Language Annals, 2014
Studies have examined various factors that affect pronunciation including phonetic context, style variation, first language transfer, and experience abroad. A plethora of research has also linked motivation to higher levels of proficiency in the second language. The present study uses native speaker ratings and multiple regression analysis to…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Foreign Countries, Pronunciation, Second Language Learning
Moskver, Katherine V. – Foreign Language Annals, 2008
This article explores the possibility of combining in the same course heritage learners who are borderline or seminative speakers with advanced language learners of Russian. After providing typology of advanced language learners in Russian and establishing that register and genre can be the focal point of such a course, the article discusses the…
Descriptors: Media Selection, Learning Strategies, Russian, Second Language Learning

Osborn, Terry A. – Foreign Language Annals, 1998
Suggests that because the new methodological emphasis in intermediate-level foreign-0language courses has shifted from translation-based learning, which utilized literary texts extensively, to communication-based learning, literature has been overlooked as a viable tool of instruction. Argues that this shift does not allow students to develop an…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Language Styles, Learning Motivation, Literature Appreciation

Hong, Wei – Foreign Language Annals, 1998
Reports on an empirical study of the politeness strategies in Chinese business correspondence and considers its implications in teaching business Chinese. The study investigated 20 examples of business correspondence by native speakers of Chinese. By analyzing linguistic/stylistic features of the letters in two predesigned situations, the study…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Business Communication, Chinese, Discourse Analysis
Edstrom, Anne M. – Foreign Language Annals, 2005
Although proficiency is a primary goal, the objectives of second language (L2) teaching are also to enhance learners' understanding of the nature of language and culture (National Standards, 1999). This study, based on interviews with 13 American women living in Venezuela, explores nonnatives' perspectives on factors that influence their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Familiarity, Cultural Awareness