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Zhang, Haomin; Koda, Keiko – Foreign Language Annals, 2021
This study explored the role of early oral language in reading development among adult heritage language (HL) learners to provide insights into the possible developmental pattern of HL reading development. One hundred and ninety-five English-speaking Chinese HL (CHL) students participated in this study. They completed a language background survey…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Heritage Education, Morphology (Languages), Language Role
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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
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Guntermann, Gail – Foreign Language Annals, 1979
An approach is presented for providing students with communication practice by relating course material to the common purposes of language use. A system for classifying communication activities is outlined in order to insure realistic, varied practice. Examples are provided in Spanish. (SW)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Language Instruction, Language Proficiency, Language Role
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Snyder, John W. – Foreign Language Annals, 1971
Part of an address delivered at the Fourth Annual Meeting of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) on November 27, 1970, in Los Angeles, California. (DS)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Programs, Language Role, Language Skills
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Leeman, Jennifer – Foreign Language Annals, 2005
This article addresses Spanish for native speakers (SNS) instruction from the perspective of critical pedagogy, including the critical examination of dominant educational paradigms as well as the proposal of alternative models. Emphasizing the inherently political nature of education and the role of language in the production of knowledge,…
Descriptors: Spanish, Native Speakers, Critical Theory, Second Language Instruction
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Strevens, Peter – Foreign Language Annals, 1978
Changes currently affecting language teachers concern the social and educational functions of foreign languages, student expectations, and teaching methods. Distinctions are made between states of professional development from instructor to teacher to educator. A model of the language learning/teaching process and requirements for optimum success…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Language Instruction