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Measuring Future Selves in Second Language Learning Motivation in Collectivist Cultures: Case Study from Saudi Arabia
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Danya Shaalan – SAGE Open, 2024
The second-language (L2) Motivational Self System (L2MSS) proposed by Zoltán Dörnyei described how L2 learners are motivated through envisioning their ideal future L2 self. The L2MSS framework for studying L2 motivation has had mixed results. The aim of this study was to evaluate measuring future selves as L2 motivators consistent with the L2MSS…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Traits, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Exploring the Relationship between the ESL Learners' Preferred Individualized Classroom Environment and Language Learning Strategies
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Gao, Yanyan – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This study examined the preferred individualized classroom environment and language learning strategies of the college-level ESL learners who registered in an English as a Second Language (ESL) program in a public four-year university in the southeast of the United States. Based on Fraser (1985)'s Individualized Classroom Environment's theoretical…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, State Universities
Exploring Blended Learning in a Postsecondary Spanish Language Program: Observations, Perceptions, and Proficiency Ratings
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Romeo, Kenneth; Bernhardt, Elizabeth B.; Miano, Alice; Leffell, Cici Malik – Foreign Language Annals, 2017
Despite the foreign language community's historical interest in employing technology to support language learning, few research studies have linked its use to instructional outcomes and most have failed to address whether technology enhancements lead to increased proficiency gains. This article examines the relationship between technology use and…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Spanish
Elementary French Resource Book.
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British Columbia Dept. of Education, Victoria. Curriculum Development Branch. – 1976
This guide was prepared to assist teachers in selecting appropriate learning resources and evaluation methods for their French classes. It is divided into five parts: (1) an evaluation of commerical FLES programs and recommendations on appropriate grade levels for them; (2) a list of supplementary books and audio-visual material, with a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Educational Media, Elementary Education, FLES
Improving the Measurement of Language Aptitude: The Potential Contribution of L1 Measures.
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Thain, John W. – 1994
Two studies at the Defense Language Institute (California) investigated the contribution of several variables to prediction of post-language-training proficiency: (1) scores on a general vocational aptitude battery and a language aptitude battery, both used to screen potential students; (2) scores on other cognitive measures not used in the…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Anxiety, English, Federal Programs
Psycholinguistic Issues in the Assessment of the Sub-Components of Language Abilities.
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MacWhinney, Brian – 1994
Drawing on recent psychological and neurological research on how individual differences might interact with learning a particular language, the study examines how psycholinguistic research and theory can help in assigning military personnel to language training and to a given language. Using the Defense Language Institute's Defense Language…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Difficulty Level, English