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Novel Word Learning among Bilinguals Can Be Better through the (Dominant) First Language than through the Second Language
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Hirosh, Zoya; Degani, Tamar – Language Learning, 2021
When learning novel vocabulary in a third language (L3) through translations in the first language (L1), bilinguals may have more available cognitive resources and more accumulated experience in language regulation compared to when learning through translations in the second language (L2). In a study designed to test language of instruction (LOI)…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Native Language, German, Vocabulary Development
Evaluation of Arabic Language Teaching Textbooks Used in Russia in the Light of the CEFR Criteria
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Al-Jarf, Reima S.; Mingazova, Nailya G. – Online Submission, 2020
This study analyzed the textbooks titled "Arabic for Non-native Speaking Children", Level I by Zakirov, Mingazova, and Mukhametzyanov (2011), and "Arabic for Non-Native Speaking Children", Level II by Mingazova, Zakirov, and Mukhametzyanov (2013) which are used to teach Arabic as a foreign language (AFL) to elementary school…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Grammar
"There Is No Need for Translation: She Understands": Teachers' Mediation Strategies in a Bilingual Preschool Classroom
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Schwartz, Mila; Gorbatt, Naomi – Modern Language Journal, 2017
In this study, we explored how major theoretical principles and concepts in the mediation strategies of Vygotsky's sociocultural theory are realized in an Arabic-Hebrew preschool in Israel. The aim of this study was to examine how teachers encourage children to use their second language (L2) during teacher-child conversations. In particular, as a…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Preschool Children, Preschool Teachers, Sociocultural Patterns