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

open access: yesHOW, 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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Positive cross-linguistic influence in the representation and processing of sentence-final particle le by L2 and heritage learners of Chinese

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2023
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
doaj   +1 more source

Second Language Transfer During Third Language Acquisition

open access: yesStudies 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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Climber, mediator, and marathoner: narrative inquiry of career motivation changes of pre-service CSL teachers throughout teaching practicum

open access: yesFrontiers 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   +3 more
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Reading in the second language classroom: Consideration of first language approaches in second language contexts

open access: yesActa 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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The Effect of Second-Language Proficiency on Second Language Reading Comprehension

open access: yesPer 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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Honesty Speaks a Second Language [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN 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.   +5 more
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Second language learning in the context of MOOCs [PDF]

open access: yes, 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   +2 more
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First language use among second language teachers: Views vs practice

open access: yesCakrawala Pendidikan: Jurnal Ilmiah Pendidikan, 2022
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]

open access: yes, 2016
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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