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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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This study investigates the representation and processing of written Chinese sentences subject to a semantic condition (i.e., “direction of change”) attached to the sentence-final particle (SFP) le in Mandarin Chinese.
Shanshan Yan, Ziyin Mai, Yang Zhao
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Second Language Transfer During Third Language Acquisition
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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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 +3 more
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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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The Effect of Second-Language Proficiency on Second Language Reading Comprehension
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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Honesty Speaks a Second Language [PDF]
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. +5 more
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Second language learning in the context of MOOCs [PDF]
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 +2 more
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First language use among second language teachers: Views vs practice
Although the Grammar Translation Method (GTM) had been shunned in second language teaching, the stigma of using the first language (L1) in teaching the second language (L2) has been continuously debated by scholars and teachers.
Noor Hayati binti Romli +2 more
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The Second Language Classroom Modes by Senior English Teacher at XYZ English Course in Surabaya [PDF]
This study is intended to find out the pedagogic goals, interactional features, and L2 classroom modes appeared in the fourth graders' English classroom taught by senior English teacher.
Wijaya, H. P. (Henny) +1 more
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