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Addressing Linguistic Diversity in the Language Classroom in a Resource-Oriented Way: An Intervention Study with Primary School Children
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Busse, Vera; Cenoz, Jasone; Dalmann, Nina; Rogge, Franziska – Language Learning, 2020
Adequately responding to linguistic diversity in the classroom is imperative in European school contexts, not least because of current migratory movements. This article presents the results of an intervention study with primary school English-foreign-language learners in Germany (N = 42, M[subscript age] = 8.70 years) from linguistically diverse…
Descriptors: Intervention, Elementary School Students, Multilingualism, Second Language Learning
A Self System Perspective on Young Adolescents' Motivation to Learn English in Urban and Rural Settings
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Lamb, Martin – Language Learning, 2012
This study examined the motivation to learn English of Indonesian junior high school pupils, 13-14 years of age, in three distinct contexts: a metropolitan city, a provincial town, and a rural district. Utilizing Dornyei's second language (L2) Motivational Self System as the theoretical framework, this study employed a 50-item questionnaire to…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Learning Motivation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Pragmatic Awareness in ESL and EFL Contexts: Contrast and Development
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Schauer, Gila A. – Language Learning, 2006
The study reported on in this article set out to replicate and extend Bardovi-Harlig and Dornyei's (1998) investigation of pragmatic awareness by addressing two research questions: (a) Do learners in English as a foreign language (EFL) and English as a second language (ESL) contexts display differences in their recognition and rating of pragmatic…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, English (Second Language), Grammar, Error Analysis (Language)
Orientations in Second Language Acquisition: I. The Effects of Ethnicity, Milieu, and Target Language on Their Emergence.
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Clement, Richard; Kruidenier, Bastian G. – Language Learning, 1983
A study attempting to disambiguate earlier research on personality orientations and second language learning assessed the influence of ethnicity (English v. French), milieu (unicultural v. multicultural), and target second language (French, English, or Spanish) on the emergence of eighth graders' orientations toward the second language learning…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Environment, English, Ethnicity
A Temporal Analysis of Formulation Processes in L1 and L2 Writing.
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de Larios, Julio Roca; Marin, Javier; Murphy, Liz – Language Learning, 2001
This cross sectional study used verbal protocol analysis to compare the temporal distribution of formulation processes of Spanish English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) writers composing first and second language (L1, L2) argumentative texts. Studied three groups at different levels of second language proficiency. Results showed the same total…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Cross Sectional Studies, English (Second Language)
Analyzing Talk in ESL Peer Response Groups: Stances, Functions, and Content.
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Lockhart, Charles; Ng, Peggy – Language Learning, 1995
Analyzes the interaction during peer response occurring in a writing class. The article identifies four categories of reader stances--authoritative, interpretive, probing, and collaborative--and examines language functions and topics discussed during the response sessions. It is concluded that interactive peer response is beneficial to students.…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Context Effect, Data Collection