Examines how native and nonnative undergraduate-student speakers adjust their referring expressions to each other in conversation. Finds that lexical entrainment was just as common in native/nonnative pairs as in native/native pairs; natives uttered more words than nonnatives in the same roles; and native expressions were judged less…

Compared effects of a reciprocal model and a transmission model on 6-year olds' learning of English as a second language. Found that older 6-year olds performed significantly better than younger 6-year olds on receptive vocabulary and language and on reading accuracy and comprehension. The reciprocal model of teaching and learning had positive…

Argues that pictures illustrating the written narrative facilitate the decoding process for children learning English as a second language (ESL). Describes a study analyzing the text-image relations in picture books used for ESL students. Provides questions ESL teachers can use to develop criteria for assessing the function of visual images in…

Examines how a group of continental Francophone African youth at a French high school in Ottawa, Canada "become Black" as they enter a world that already constructs them as Black. These students learn Black English, which they access in hip-hop culture and linguistic styles. Discusses the impact of becoming Black on…

Addresses the increasingly critical need for accountability in English language teacher preparation. The English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) profession has fallen short in recent years and will continue to do so without better coordination of professional development in both academic preservice settings and in English-Language-Teaching (ELT)…

Argues that bimodal video is an effective way of enhancing second-language (L2) learners' understanding of authentic texts and their learning of content and vocabulary in the L2. Bimodal video is subtitled in the L2 and provides simultaneous exposure to spoken language, printed text, and visual information, all conveying the same message.…

Describes a study conducted in a core French methodology course, designed for generalist core French teachers. Describes the challenges generalist core French teachers face, and examines the ways in which students evolved and changed as professionals and as educators during the course. (Author/VWL)

Presents a model for integrated computer lab and classroom implementation of the interactive videodisc program, Lernexpress, and for adapting a textbook-based syllabus to stand-alone video materials in college beginning German classes. Teachers use the programs to educate students on linguistics and cultural issues. Students complete their core…

Addresses the need to provide adequate justification for claims made in Teaching-English-as-a-Second-Language (TESOL) research, examining interaction between the pragmatics of doing research for higher degrees and the philosophy of science. Argues that although there are no simple choices for researchers, the issue of warrant is a potentially…

Details a study investigating the effect of well-designed homework activities on 6-7 and 11-12 year-old students' second-language acquisition and literacy skills in Portugal and Luxembourg, and whether parental involvement in these homework activities enhances students' learning. Highlights findings that strongly suggest this is so. Includes…

Describes the development and evaluation of a new academic word list that was completed from a corpus of 3.5 million running words of written academic text by examining the range and frequency of words outside the first 2,000 most frequently occurring words in English. Explains the problems with existing word lists intended to guide materials…

Illustrates how short contemporary texts dealing with social, historical, cultural, or political issues can be applied to the development of business language proficiency and cross-cultural awareness within an international business curriculum. (Author/VWL)

Focuses on criteria for design and evaluation of the user interface of foreign language multimedia software. A hybrid model is proposed that combines cognitive and software engineering approaches. Based on this proposed contextualized model of interface design, domain-specific evaluation criteria are developed to describe how well the user…

Proposes an instructional progression that goes from writing to speaking in learning English as a Second Language. Specific focus is on writing to improve speaking, games for writing to speaking, free writes from personal experiences, creating a scene, autobiographies, and argumentation. (Author/VWL)

Discusses outcomes of a research project analyzing the relationship between academic literacy specialists and a subject specialist from a nursing faculty engaged in a collaborative curriculum development project at the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia. Focuses on how participants in this partnership negotiated a working relationship…