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Raising Multilingual Children: Foreign Language Acquisition and Children

Book by Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa; Bergin and Garvey, 2001

Subjects:

Bilingualism In Children, Child Rearing, Comparative Education, English Language--Study And Teaching--Foreign Speakers, Language Acquisition, Language And Languages--Study And Teaching

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...the local customs and language of a new country, the...parental interest in the language by setting an example...part to learn the new language as well. If able to...child's success at acquiring a foreign language on the parents...
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Foreign Vocabulary in Sign Languages: A Cross-Linguistic Investigation of Word Formation

Book by Diane Brentari; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2001

Subjects:

Language And Culture, Language And Languages--Foreign Words And Phrases, Sign Language

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...constraints of a signed language, though it is presented...suggesting that the hybrid language cannot be maintained...patterns of natural signed languages (e.g., Davidson...that deaf children acquiring such artificial sign...limited to two natural languages, SLN and Dutch, the...satellite-framed language when given the opportunity...
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Foreign Language and Mother Tongue

Book by Istvan Kecskes, Tünde Papp; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2000

Subjects:

Language Awareness, Language Transfer (Language Learning), Multilingualism, Native Language, Second Language Acquisition

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...constitutes knowledge of language." Following Grosjean...of the multilingual Language Processing Device with...of the two or more languages has a positive result...of the CUCB and the language behavior of multilingual...of language learners acquiring their foreign language in a classroom...
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Audio-Visual Techniques in Teaching Foreign Languages

Book by Theodore Huebener; New York University Press, 1960

Subjects:

Languages, Modern--Study And Teaching--Audio-Visual Aids

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...equipment for teaching languages increased greatly...tapes. Basically the language laboratory is a separate...recorded material in the foreign language. Generally...prime essentials in acquiring a foreign language. Since we...ability to understand the foreign language. Oral drills...
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Foreign Language Learning: Psycholinguistic Studies on Training and Retention

Book by Alice F. Healy, Lyle E. Bourne Jr.; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1998

Subjects:

Language And Languages--Study And Teaching--Psychological Aspects, Psycholinguistics, Second Language Acquisition

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...exposed to two languages from birth represent...learner of a foreign language: an older child...involved in acquiring a second language...form of the foreign word and then...for the native language. The phonological...involved in acquiring vocabulary in native and foreign languages also differs...

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Language Learning Disabilities: the Ultimate Foreign Language Challenge

Journal article by Sharon M. Difino, Linda J. Lombardino; Foreign Language Annals, Vol. 37, 2004

Subjects:

College students, Dyslexia, Foreign language learning, Language disorders, Teaching methods

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...learning a foreign language exhibit processing...semantics in their native languages. Many college students...deficits in their native languages by taking more time...demands of learning a new language, these deficits resurface...inadequate in the context of acquiring a foreign language (Sparks Ganschow...
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One Right Way, Intercultural Participation, and Language Learning Anxiety: a Qualitative Analysis of Adult Online Heritage and Nonheritage Language Learners

Journal article by Joellen E. Coryell, M. Carolyn Clark; Foreign Language Annals, Vol. 42, 2009

Subjects:

Community, Foreign language learning, Intercultural communication, Language instruction, Language proficiency, Linguistics, Online instruction, Political activism, Students

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Participation, and Language Learning Anxiety...Heritage and Nonheritage Language Learners by Joellen...their knowledge of languages for a variety of reasons...settings. As such, language learning settings are...understanding. At the core of acquiring a new language, students...1999, p. 13). Foreign or second language...
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Integrating Language and Literature: Teaching Textual Analysis with Input and Output Activities and an Input-to-output Approach

Journal article by Stacey Weber-Fève; Foreign Language Annals, Vol. 42, 2009

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Contemporary problems, Critical thinking, Foreign language instruction, Foreign language learning, Ideology, Language acquisition, Language instruction, Reading, Students, Teaching assistants, Traditions

Collections: Education, Literature, Entire Library

...Committee on Foreign Languages, "The two...configuration of foreign language programs has outlived...simultaneously keeping language acquisition in...MLA report on foreign languages. Concerning language...and teaching of language and literature...Hoc Committee on Foreign Languages. Acknowledgments...
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Connecting Language to Content: Second Language Literature Instruction at the Intermediate Level

Journal article by Gisela Hoecherl-Alden; Foreign Language Annals, Vol. 39, 2006

Subjects:

College students, Curricula, Education, Foreign language instruction, Language acquisition, Learning, Linguistics, Reading instruction, Teachers, Teaching

Collections: Education, Literature, Entire Library

Connecting Language to Content: Second...more widespread foreign language proficiency...general context of foreign language education...considers that acquiring the ability to...documented rises in language enrollments (MLA...subjects such as foreign languages and literatures...
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Foreign Language Learning and Sat Verbal Scores Revisited

Journal article by Thomas C. Cooper, Daniel J. Yanosky II, Joseph M. Wisenbaker; Foreign Language Annals, Vol. 41, 2008

Subjects:

Achievement tests, Foreign language learning, Language instruction, Secondary school students

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...students who had taken fewer foreign language courses. Second, the study of two foreign languages had no significant effect on SAT...variety of subjects including foreign languages. The foreign language classes included in this study...

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Students with Disabilities: Yes, Foreign Language Instruction Is Important!

Magazine article by Harold L. Kleinert, Elizabeth Cloyd, Molly Rego, Jina Gibson; Teaching Exceptional Children, Vol. 39, January 2007

Subjects:

Culture, Disabled students, Elementary schools, Extracurricular activities, Foreign language instruction, Foreign language learning, Language instruction, Native languages, Opportunity, Peers, Second language learning, Social skills, Special education

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...disabilities in foreign language classes. The first barrier...skills to learn foreign languages or that foreign language is not important for their...Second, difficulties in acquiring foreign languages are often related to basic...
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A Case Study of an Early Childhood Teacher's Perspective on Working with English Language Learners

Magazine article by Seungyoun Lee, Malcolm B. Butler, Deborah J. Tippins; Multicultural Education, Vol. 15, Fall 2007

Subjects:

Ability, Children & youth, Childrens literature, Community, Culture, Foreign language learning, Linguistics, Minority students, Research methodology, Role playing, Schools, Teachers

Collections: Education, Literature, Entire Library

...education-English as a Foreign Language (EFL...something more than language and literacy acquisition...adjust to the diverse languages, knowledge expectations...Cummins in this regard: Language minority students...vulnerability by learning ELLs languages, doing active, hands...in terms of their language development, feelings...level of learning. Acquiring an ESL endorsement...
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Shortcut to Language Preparation? Radical Evangelicals, Missions, and the Gift of Tongues

Magazine article by Gary B. McGee; International Bulletin of Missionary Research, Vol. 25, July 2001

Subjects:

Christianity, Evangelism, History, Languages, Linguistics, Missionaries

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...failure to acquire language proficiency...The Challenge of Foreign Languages In the latter...the vernacular languages of the countries...surprisingly, learning a foreign language presented a major...ordinary methods of acquiring a language."25 The Walter...receiving new languages. Walter Black...
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Web-based English as a Second Language Instruction and Learning: Strengths and Limitations

Magazine article by Daisy Pino; Distance Learning, Vol. 5, 2008

Subjects:

Appropriate technology, English language, Internet, Language proficiency, Linguistics, Secondary school students, Social interaction

Collections: Entire Library

...English as a Second Language Instruction and...increasing number of foreign-born U.S...pronunciation while acquiring contextualized...resources give language learners the...of the English language. Online learning...acquisition of a foreign language requires...possibility of acquiring inaccurate language...
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Emotions of English Language Attitudes in Building a Knowledge Society

Magazine article by Kweku M. Smith; Multicultural Education, Vol. 11, Fall 2003

Subjects:

Attitudes, Bilingualism, Emotions, English language

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...groups added the dominant language to their repertoire. Linguistic...preserved and promulgated Greek language and culture through schooling...interest in replacing local languages with their own. With language shifts slow in the making...periods of time, English as a foreign language has been abolished...

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Making Sense of Babel; Acquiring a Second Language No Longer a Foreign Idea

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 29, 2002

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...sense of Babel; Acquiring a second language no longer a foreign idea Byline...a boost for language skills at the...thinking about how languages are put together...attention to foreign languages because of foreign-language shortages at...
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Sound Advice: Learn Foreign Language

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, February 18, 2002

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Sound advice: Learn foreign language Byline: Kate Tsubata...attention to learning foreign languages. This cannot happen...develop a good ear for languages later in life. Parents...idea of teaching a foreign language. So many technological...
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Parents Back Language Classes for Youngsters

Newspaper article by Melissa Jenco; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), October 28, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...work on developing English language abilities at the same time theyre acquiring (foreign language skills)," Wirt said. Of four possible languages, presented in the survey...The idea of an elementary foreign language program is not new for...
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UMd. to Open Lab for Language

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, October 3, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...UMd. to Open Lab for Language. Byline: Tom Ramstack...for Advanced Study of Language (CASL), a national...the critical area of language research," said Richard...stress and fatigue impair foreign-language competency, the best techniques for acquiring high-level language...
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London Needs to Speak Every Language

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), March 19, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...to Speak Every Language. Byline: YASMIN...English is a second language. Middle England...Calm down, guys. Languages are a gift, not...several Indian languages, Swahili and some...handicapped when acquiring another language, and may become...teach English as a Foreign Language. Among...

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India

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...north) and English (the language of politics and commerce...officially, more than 1,500 languages and dialects are spoken...industry and attract foreign investment. Since then...consolidated its territory by acquiring the former French settlements...

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