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THE LANGUAGES OF FOREIGN FIELDWORK

Geographical Review, 2001
********** Overseas investigation is today a diminished part of academic geography's self-image, in stark contrast to such fields as anthropology, where foreign fieldwork is acknowledged as a fetish. The minority of geographers who are fueled by curiosity to carry out a research plan in a distant land certainly constitute a kind of Humboldtian elite in
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Language Anxiety and Proficiency in a Foreign Language

Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1997
Study examined the extent to which there would be differences in oral and written proficiency in a foreign language among groups of low-, average-, and high-anxious high school students. Participants were 60 girls attending a single-sex, college-preparatory high school and completing the second year of a foreign language course.
R L, Sparks, L, Ganschow, M, Artzer, D, Siebenhar, M, Plageman   +4 more
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On Learning a Foreign Language

The Modern Language Journal, 1945
Author's Summary— A critical examination of the problems now facing American teachers and administrators as a result of the Army's Specialized Training Program, such as: methods of instruction, intensive courses, the “scientific‐conversational” approach, the use of informants, etc.
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Foreign Language Attributions and Achievement in Foreign Language Classes

International Journal of Linguistics, 2011
This study examined the relationship between EFL learners’ attributions for success and failure in learning a foreign language and their achievement in foreign language classes. To this end, the Causal Dimension Scale (CDS-II), and the Language Achievement Attribution Scale (LAAS) were administered to 209 EFL learners studying at English language ...
Reza Pishghadam, Reza Zabihi
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The Teaching of Foreign Languages

Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1982
Research at Moscow State University has indicated a method of teaching foreign languages centred on the use of orientating bases of activity (OBA).
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Foreign Language Aptitude and Foreign Language Learning

The field of language aptitude can tell us a lot about the acquisition foreign languages in children and adolescents, who have been so far under-researched populations. Although memory and auditory abilities involve more implicit processes and are therefore more relevant for child learners, research shows they might be particularly important in ...
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The Foreign Language Education Specialist and the Foreign Language Department

The Modern Language Journal, 1971
W ITHIN THE PAST quarter century foreign language education has come to share a significant role with departments of languages and literature in the preparation of foreign language teachers. Adding new and exciting dimensions to teacher preparation, foreign language education has contributed interesting innovations to the teaching scene.
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Foreigners and Foreign Languages in India

2008
India's natural wealth, knowledge, arts and crafts have attracted foreigners throughout its long history. It has had continuous cultural contact and trade with other countries and, in all this, India has been exposed to many foreign languages such as Arabic, Bactrian, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, Greek, Hebrew, Latin, Persian, Portuguese, Turkish ...
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A longitudinal study of foreign language anxiety and enjoyment

Language Teaching Research, 2023
Chunmei Pan, Xian Zhang, Xian Zhang
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The dimensions of foreign language classroom enjoyment and their effect on foreign language achievement

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2021
Yinxing Jin, Lawrence Jun Zhang
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