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New Direction In Foreign Language Learning: Leisure Learning, Graca Webster
New Direction In Foreign Language Learning: Leisure Learning, Graca Webster
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In academia, researchers have long been concerned about the decrease in foreign language study in higher education. There is a reverse trend outside the classroom. The Covid-19 pandemic changed everything, including foreign language study. Global lockdowns sparked worldwide interest in a number of hobbies, and interest in language learning increased right alongside bread-baking and self-taught guitar. In light of these changes in our world, there is a need to create a new category of foreign language learning. This work proposes the title of "Leisure Language Learning" to encompass those that pursue a foreign language as a hobby.
Les Femmes Capables: A Supplementary Curriculum Teaching Survival English To Female Senegalese Ells, Abigail Morse
Les Femmes Capables: A Supplementary Curriculum Teaching Survival English To Female Senegalese Ells, Abigail Morse
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My thesis examines the contrast between a Muslim man’s opportunity to learn English versus his wife's, who, in a traditional context, would be limited by social obligations to her home and family's welfare. I look specifically at the roles of Muslim Senegalese women. I provide basic cultural context and teaching methods to ESL teachers. I also provide basic vocabulary lists and lesson plans about important situations such as "going to the doctor." The language needed to complete daily tasks is not taught in general language classes, and my goal is to change that.