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Motivation in Second Language Learning: A Historical Overview and Its Relevance in a Public High School in Pasto, Colombia

HOW, 2015
Motivation has a significant role in the process of language learning. It is important to understand its theoretical evolution in this field to be able to consider its relevance in the learning and teaching of a foreign language.
Mario Guerrero
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Linguistic and metalinguistic categories in second language learning [PDF]

, 2008
This paper discusses proposed characteristics of implicit linguistic and explicit metalinguistic knowledge representations as well as the properties of implicit and explicit processes believed to operate on these representations.
Roehr, Karen
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WRITTEN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE AS SECOND LANGUAGE

Diacrítica, 2019
Writing plays a fundamental role in active participation in society, since it facilitates access to knowledge. In the case of the deaf people involved in our research, this modality represents a second language, placing them in a bilingual perspective ...
Izabelly C. dos Santos Brayner, Antonio H. Coutelo de Moraes, Wanilda Maria Alves Cavalcanti   +2 more
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Instances and connectors : issues for a second generation process language [PDF]

, 1998
This work is supported by UK EPSRC grants GR/L34433 and GR/L32699Over the past decade a variety of process languages have been defined, used and evaluated. It is now possible to consider second generation languages based on this experience.
Bakvis Herman, Benz Arthur, Besley Timothy, Bogdandy Armin, Bogdanor Vernon, Borzel Tanja A., Borzel Tanja A., Brennan H. G., Burgess Michael, Casella Alessandra, Cooter Robert, Coudenhove-Kalergi Richard, Dehousse Renaud, Duchacek Ivo D., Elazar Daniel, Elazar Daniel, European Convention, European Convention, Fischer Joschka, Fischer Joschka, Frey Bruno S., Heritier Adrienne, Hirschman Albert O., Hix Simon, Hooghe Liesbet, Hosli Madeleine O., Hosli Madeleine O., Hosli Madeleine O., Inman Robert P., Ipsen Hans Peter, Jachtenfuchs Markus, Koslowski Rey, Lehmbruch Gerhard, Loewenstein Karl, Majone Giandomenico, Marks Gary, Marks Gary, Mieszkowski Peter, Milner Helen, Musgrave Richard A., Musgrave Richard A., Nicolaidis Phedon, Oates Wallace E., Oates Wallace E., Olson Mancur, Olson Mancur, Ostrom Vincent, Pelkmans Jacques, Peterson Paul E., Quian Yingyi, Risse-Kappen Thomas, Sbragia Alberta, Sbragia Alberta, Scharpf Fritz W., Scharpf Fritz W., Scharpf Fritz W., Scharpf Fritz W., Schmitter Philippe C., Schultze Rainer-Olaf, Siebert Horst, Smiley Donald V., Tullock Gordon, Walti Sonja, Watts Ronald L., Watts Ronald L., Weingast Barry R., Wheare Kenneth C., Wiener Antje, Wintrobe Ronald   +68 more
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Climber, mediator, and marathoner: narrative inquiry of career motivation changes of pre-service CSL teachers throughout teaching practicum

Frontiers in Psychology
IntroductionThe growing global demand for foreign language learning contrasts sharply with the shortage of second language teachers. In Chinese as a second language (CSL) education, although the number of pre-service CSL teachers is increasing, few ...
Rubing Zhou, Tianmiao Wang, Tianmiao Wang, Hanzhao Lin   +3 more
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Reading in the second language classroom: Consideration of first language approaches in second language contexts

Acta Didactica Norge, 2018
This article reviews research on how three first language (L1) approaches designed to promote reading and other literacy skills have been applied to second language (L2) classrooms in Norway: The Early Years Literacy Programme (EYLP), Reading and Writing
Ion Drew
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Second language learning in the context of MOOCs [PDF]

, 2014
Massive Open Online Courses are becoming popular educational vehicles through which universities reach out to non-traditional audiences. Many enrolees hail from other countries and cultures, and struggle to cope with the English language in which these ...
Fitzgerald, Alannah, Witten, Ian H., Wu, Shaoqun   +2 more
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Working memory and second language development: A complex, dynamic future? [PDF]

, 2020
Working memory (WM) is inherently dynamic and complex, being a multi-faceted system that links storage and processing components; yet it is widely understood as internal.
Jackson, Daniel O.
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Honesty Speaks a Second Language [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2017
AbstractTheories of dishonest behavior implicitly assume language independence. Here, we investigated this assumption by comparing lying by people using a foreign language versus their native tongue. Participants rolled a die and were paid according to the outcome they reported.
Bereby-Meyer, Y., Hayakawa , S., Shalvi, S., Corey , J.D., Costa, A., Keysar, B.   +5 more
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The Effect of Second-Language Proficiency on Second Language Reading Comprehension

Per Linguam : A Journal of Language Learning, 1991
Data from a first-language reading test, a second-language reading comprehension test with questions from different cognitive levels, and from the TOEFL were submitted to partial correlation analysis to detennine whether there was a significant effect ...
Pohlmann, John T.
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