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Emotional Education as second language acquisition? [PDF]
International Journal of Emotional Education, 2010 In this paper we argue that while emotional education intervention packages offer certain advantages, there are risks associated with their uncritical use.
Gale Macleod +2 more
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Languages, 2020 The present study deals with the perception (identification and discrimination) of an English phonemic contrast (/t∫/–/∫/, as in cheat and sheet) by speakers of two Mexican varieties of Spanish who are learning English as a foreign language.
Mariela López Velarde, Miquel Simonet
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A Second Language Acquisition Toolkit for Teaching Introduction to Computing [PDF]
, 2019 Introduction to Computing and higher-level programming courses are common first-year engineering curricula at the university level and are key in developing logical thought processes in engineering students.
Gardner, Michael R., Telang, Nina K.
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Second Language Transfer During Third Language Acquisition
Studies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL, 2003 A recent focus in the study of cross-linguistic influence is the role of transfer during third language acquisition. How do the learner’s first and second languages influence the acquisition of a third language?
Shirin Murphy
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Second Language Acquisition [PDF]
, 2009 This article reviews neurocognitive evidence on second language (L2) processing at speech sound, word, and sentence levels. Hemodynamic (functional magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography) data suggest that L2s are implemented in the same brain structures as the native language but with quantitative differences in the strength of ...
Indefrey, P., Davidson, D.
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Motivation in Second Language Acquisition
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014 In this study, integrative motivation and instrumental motivation are examined to establish the correlation between the form of motivation and successful second language acquisition. The analysis studies whether other aspects, such as the degree in which the specificity of the courses or the introduction of an immersive virtual world can ...
Carrió Pastor, Mª Luisa +1 more
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Language Development and Acquisition in Early Childhood [PDF]
, 2019 The paper discussed in detail the process of language development and the process of language acquisition in early childhood. It also gave a brief overview of the theoretical frame of reference of language development.
Al-Harbi, S. S. (Salwa)
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Is noticing an answer to the problem of unacquirable structures in the second language?
Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 2002 The aim of this article is to evaluate one proposed solution to the problem that some aspects of a second language (L2) seem unacquirable. In order to understand the solution, it is necessary to explicate the problem.
Southwood, Frenette
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The testability of prominent hypotheses on access to Universal Grammar in adult SLA
Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 2002 There is a growing awareness among linguists that second language acquisition (SLA) is a promising area of inquiry, due to the fact that an understanding of how SLA occurs may provide a useful perspective on the mental processes involved in language ...
Southwood, Frenette
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Access to Second Language Acquisition
RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics, 2017 This paper discusses the different views on the availability of UG principles in language acquisition of adult second language learners, and summarizes some of the evidence for or against each position. One important issue in current language acquisition
Mahmoud H Jabballa
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