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Beyond Compartmentalized L1/L2 Teaching: Connecting Languages to Foster In‐Depth Learning and Multi/Trans Lingual Selves

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines elementary Grade 5 and 6 students’ emic perspectives on their L1 French and L2 English teachers’ cross‐curricular efforts to build linguistic and conceptual bridges. Drawing on research on translanguaging pedagogies and recent motivation scholarship, we propose a multi‐competence view of motivation that aligns more closely ...
Sunny Man Chu Lau   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Metalinguistic awareness and literacy: a study carried out among first elementary grade children / Consciência metalingüística e alfabetização: um estudo com crianças da primeira série do ensino fundamental

open access: yesPsicologia: Reflexão e Crítica, 2003
This research aimed to investigate the influence of phonological, lexical and syntactic awareness in written language acquisition. The main hypothesis underlying the research was that metalinguistic abilities could facilitate written language acquisition.
Sylvia Domingos Barrera   +1 more
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Challenging the Monolith: Ambivalence, the Native‐Speaker Ideal and Teacher Preparation in Multilingual South Africa

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explored the ambivalence of final‐year TESOL pre‐service teachers towards a non‐native‐speaking (NNS) lecturer within a historically white South African university. The research involved twelve student teachers being prepared to teach English as either a home language or a first additional language to high school learners in the ...
Nhlanhla Mpofu
wiley   +1 more source

Chinese University Students’ Motivation to Learn Greek: A Transnational Postdigital Exploration

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research on the motivation of learners of Languages Other Than English (LOTE) has grown steadily in recent years; however, most studies focus on classroom‐based activities and seldom consider how transnational experiences or digital practices contribute to motivational development.
Zhen Li, Aretousa Giannakou, Yuji Du
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Metalinguistic Awareness in Multilingual Acquisition

open access: yesWorking Papers in Applied Linguistics and TESOL, 2015
Multilingual acquisition is a nonlinear and complex dynamic process. The past several decades of research have revealed that a number of factors interact and influence the variability of the process, including, for instance, the type of third language ...
Ji-Yung Jung
doaj   +1 more source

Take an Introductory Linguistics Course; It May Increase Your Language Learning Ability

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Can general linguistics knowledge be used to better learn a new language? This exploratory study is concerned with the potential advantageous transfer of general linguistics knowledge to the learning of a new, additional foreign language.
Kiyono Fujinaga‐Gordon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Metalinguistic Awareness in Multilingual Acquisition

open access: yesStudies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL, 2013
Multilingual acquisition is a nonlinear and complex dynamic process. The past several decades of research have revealed that a number of factors interact and influence the variability of the process, including, for instance, the type of third language ...
Ji-Yung Jung
doaj   +1 more source

“It Can't be Translated Into a Conventional English Phrase”: Crafting Academic Identities Through Translingual Writing

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This qualitative multiple case study explores multilingual postgraduate students’ academic identities through writing at an EMI university in Hong Kong, with a focus on how they gain legitimacy in knowledge‑making with their multilingual repertoires. Grounded in a poststructuralist understanding of identities as fluid and negotiated, the study
Siqi Song, Ken Lau
wiley   +1 more source

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