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Weekend Spanish Immersion Camp: A Non-Traditional Teaching World Language To Middle School American Students, Jorge Oscar Ramirez
Weekend Spanish Immersion Camp: A Non-Traditional Teaching World Language To Middle School American Students, Jorge Oscar Ramirez
Dissertations and Theses
The nature of today's global economy demands that students demonstrate high levels of proficiency in foreign languages. To meet global demand, most countries around the world are including comprehensive world language instruction in their educational systems beginning at an early age. The increasingly multi-lingual nature of culture within and beyond the Unites States. is escalating the importance of immersing students in world languages as early as possible to ensure a high level of written and oral foreign language skill proficiency by the time students graduate from high school. However, most American students do not have the opportunity to study a …
Formulaic Sequences In L2 Legal Writing, Lindsey M. Kurtz, Alissa J. Hartig, Olesya Kisselev
Formulaic Sequences In L2 Legal Writing, Lindsey M. Kurtz, Alissa J. Hartig, Olesya Kisselev
Applied Linguistics Faculty Publications and Presentations
No abstract provided.
Fact Or Fiction? Exploring Assumptions About Esl Writers, Alissa J. Hartig
Fact Or Fiction? Exploring Assumptions About Esl Writers, Alissa J. Hartig
Applied Linguistics Faculty Publications and Presentations
No abstract provided.
Language Learning, Ecological Validity, And Innovation Under Conditions Of Superdiversity, Steven L. Thorne
Language Learning, Ecological Validity, And Innovation Under Conditions Of Superdiversity, Steven L. Thorne
World Languages and Literatures Faculty Publications and Presentations
This article describes three pedagogical proposals oriented toward moving language learning to the center of higher education, and further, to emphasizing the importance of both continued first (L1) and additional/foreign (L2) language learning as central to academic and professional success. The first project, titled Language-Integrated Knowledge Education (or LIKE), aims at making explicit the linguistic resources necessary for full participation in written and spoken academic contexts, in both students' first as well as (potentially) multiple foreign languages. The second project describes the benefits and rationale for broadening the use of online intercultural exchange within foreign language education as well as …
New Media, New Communicative Genres And Inclusive Technology-Mediated L2 Pedagogy: A Conversation With Steve Thorne, Victoria Antoniadou, Steven L. Thorne
New Media, New Communicative Genres And Inclusive Technology-Mediated L2 Pedagogy: A Conversation With Steve Thorne, Victoria Antoniadou, Steven L. Thorne
World Languages and Literatures Faculty Publications and Presentations
Professor Steve Thorne is well-known for his work on second and foreign language development and Internet-mediated communicative activity. He is identified with the study of language use, communication dynamics and technology-mediated foreign, second and plurilingual language learning, occurring within and outside of formal educational settings. His work draws on sociocultural and cultural-historical approaches to language development and he is particularly interested in multiplayer online gaming environments, the "cultures of use" of Internet communication tools, and intercultural communication. Professor Thorne is currently a faculty member in the Department of World Languages and Literatures at Portland State University and at the University …
10 Key Principles For Designing Video Games For Foreign Language Learning, Ravi Purushotma, Steven L. Thorne, Julian Wheatley
10 Key Principles For Designing Video Games For Foreign Language Learning, Ravi Purushotma, Steven L. Thorne, Julian Wheatley
World Languages and Literatures Faculty Publications and Presentations
This paper was produced for the Open Language & Learning Games Project, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Education Arcade.
Evolutionary Trajectories, Internet-Mediated Expression, And Language Education, Steven L. Thorne, J. Scott Payne
Evolutionary Trajectories, Internet-Mediated Expression, And Language Education, Steven L. Thorne, J. Scott Payne
World Languages and Literatures Faculty Publications and Presentations
This article describes the evolution of communication technologies, accompanying transformations in everyday communicative activity, and pedagogical possibilities these tools support in second and foreign language (L2) settings. We begin with an overview of synchronous computer-mediated communication (SCMC) and uses of the Internet to mediate intercultural communication for purposes of L2 learning. We then describe generational shifts in Internet technologies and their proliferation and uses, with the majority of our efforts focused on contemporary environments such as blogs, wikis, podcasting, device-agnostic forms of CMC, and advances in intelligent computer-assisted language learning (ICALL). Throughout, we engage in a discussion of praxeological fusions …
An Integration Of Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency And Content-Based Instruction, Fu-Chuan Wang
An Integration Of Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency And Content-Based Instruction, Fu-Chuan Wang
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this project is to provide more effective teaching strategies for ESL students through the integration of CALP and content area teaching.
The Role Of Motivation Within An Activity System For Adults Learning English As A Second Language, Priscilla Beth Jenison
The Role Of Motivation Within An Activity System For Adults Learning English As A Second Language, Priscilla Beth Jenison
Theses Digitization Project
This project attempts to conceptualize the relationship between the language learner and the social world, developing a comprehensive theory of identity that integrates the language learner and the language learning context, while trying to keep motivation high.
Strategic Reading For English As A Foreign Language, Phill Jo
Strategic Reading For English As A Foreign Language, Phill Jo
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
The Explicit Teaching Of Implicature To Esl Students And Its Effect On Their Performance On The Listening Section Of The Test Of English As A Foreign Language, Michael John Buckhoff
The Explicit Teaching Of Implicature To Esl Students And Its Effect On Their Performance On The Listening Section Of The Test Of English As A Foreign Language, Michael John Buckhoff
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
The Teaching Of Implicature To Esl Learners, Joel Christopher Harris
The Teaching Of Implicature To Esl Learners, Joel Christopher Harris
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
The Effect Of Error On The Grading Of Esl And Native-Speaker Freshman Writing: A Comparison, Rita Kathlyn Somers
The Effect Of Error On The Grading Of Esl And Native-Speaker Freshman Writing: A Comparison, Rita Kathlyn Somers
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
Sentence Combining And The Esl Student, Patricia Lynn Golder
Sentence Combining And The Esl Student, Patricia Lynn Golder
Theses Digitization Project
Also covers linguistic error hierarchy.