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Han, Huamei – Modern Language Journal, 2018
The historical reversal over the course of several centuries in the West is striking: while language has become much "more" central to public life and "more" politically contentious, religion has become "less" central to public life and "less" politically contentious, notwithstanding the resurgence of public…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Religious Education, Political Attitudes, Language Attitudes
Wu, Shu-Ling – Modern Language Journal, 2016
It has been noted that Chinese shows both satellite- and verb-framed properties (Beavers, Levin, & Tham, 2010; Slobin, 2004), a fact that offers the opportunity to explore the typological influence of learners' dominant language because they can choose either option to describe the same motion events and be grammatically correct. This study…
Descriptors: Chinese, Second Language Learning, Language Dominance, Socialization
Lasagabaster, David – Modern Language Journal, 2017
In Spain, more than 40% of the population lives in officially bilingual regions in which the minority language is used as a means of instruction at school and university. In addition, the increasing importance attached to learning English has led to the proliferation of multilingual school programs in which different languages are used to teach…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Learning Motivation, Multilingualism, Immigrants
Ushioda, Ema – Modern Language Journal, 2017
In 2006, Graddol predicted that numbers of "English as a foreign language" learners would begin to decline through the second decade of this century, as global English achieves basic skill status for children entering education in more societies across the world. As he further noted, having skills in additional languages may thus offer a…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Attitudes, Learning Motivation
Busse, Vera – Modern Language Journal, 2017
This article explores adolescent students' attitudes toward learning English and other European languages studied at secondary school. The study is based on 2255 qualitative responses to a survey conducted in Bulgaria, Germany, the Netherlands, and Spain. The data reveal that, although differences between countries shape the experience of foreign…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Language Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Learning Motivation
Duff, Patricia A. – Modern Language Journal, 2017
The majority of recent research on language learning motivation has reportedly focused on English as a target language, typically in relatively homogeneous, secondary and postsecondary "foreign language" settings. How applicable, then, are the theories and findings undergirding that research to our understanding of the contemporary…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Motivation, Learning Theories
Doyle, Michael Scott – Modern Language Journal, 2012
Although it has existed for many decades in the national curriculum of U.S. higher education, the study of languages for business purposes has lacked a more serviceable and academically communal name--a more rigorous toponymic identity--by which to identify itself as a theory-based field of scholarship. The intention here is to propose for…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Business Communication
Van Compernolle, Remi A.; Williams, Lawrence – Modern Language Journal, 2012
This article presents 2 case studies of intermediate university students of French, Casey and Melanie (both pseudonyms), and their developing use and understanding of stylistic variation over the course of an academic semester. It draws from a variety of data sources: classroom observation, learners' explanations of stylistic variants, learners'…
Descriptors: Assignments, Observation, Second Language Learning, Language Role
McNamara, Tim – Modern Language Journal, 2011
Discussions of multilingualism in education, as exemplified by the articles in this issue, can be critically reevaluated using perspectives available from poststructuralism. These perspectives focus on the potential ambiguity of language and language practices. This, in turn, encourages us to question simple notions of the relationship of learners…
Descriptors: Criticism, Figurative Language, Language Tests, Multilingualism
Scott, Virginia M.; de la Fuente, Maria Jose – Modern Language Journal, 2008
This qualitative study provides preliminary insight into the role of the first language (L1) when pairs of intermediate-level college learners of French and Spanish are engaged in consciousness-raising, form-focused grammar tasks. Using conversation analysis of audiotaped interactions and stimulated recall sessions, we explored the ways students…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Consciousness Raising, Grammar, Teaching Methods

Byrnes, Heidi; Lariviere, Richard W.; Bernhardt, Elizabeth; Klee, Carol A.; Rodd, Laurel Rasplica; Jacobs, Roderick A.; Welles, Elizabeth B. – Modern Language Journal, 2002
This commentary on language curricula in universities is followed up commentaries by a language center director, on perspectives from a Spanish department, the case of Japanese, the role of foreign languages in universities, and foreign language enrollment numbers. (VWL)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Higher Education, Japanese, Language Enrollment

Brooks, Nelson – Modern Language Journal, 1977
The 1977 Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages is reported on here. Propositions dealt with were language acquisition, language application, and language appreciation. Several speeches are summarized and awards noted. New officers were named. (CHK)
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Language Acquisition, Language Attitudes, Language Instruction

Washington, Ida – Modern Language Journal, 1976
Three examples from the colonial era show the different ways and purposes of learning Indian languages. It is described how this knowledge served both sides in the Revolution, and imporved communication during peacetime. (MS)
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Colonial History (United States), Communication Problems, Cultural Background

Davis, James N. – Modern Language Journal, 1997
Examines attempts of the foreign language teaching profession to implement reforms, focusing on the "Standards for Foreign Language Learning" (1996). (48 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Culture Conflict, Educational Change, Language Attitudes

Schleicher, Antonia Folarin – Modern Language Journal, 1997
Examines the role that Yoruba greetings play in understanding the culture of the speakers. Illustrates that these greetings not only establish an atmosphere of sociability, but also communicate cultural information and serve as value reinforcement for participants and observers. Also emphasizes that teaching greetings in Yoruba involves teaching…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Context Effect, Cultural Awareness, Elementary Secondary Education