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Thomas, Stephen F. "The implications of translation theories for language teaching pedagogy." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1992. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10019137/.
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The following thesis is an attempt to explore the relationship between translating and language learning. Chapter one is an attempt to relate the theory of Translating with that of Second Language Teaching. In the second chapter a review will be given of the history of translating within language teaching methodology, particularly noting the reasons why translating as a language teaching activity fell into disfavour. It will isolate and evaluate the criticisms which have been levelled at translating as a pedagogical device. Chapter three will look at the notion of Communicative Competence and this will include an investigation of the pragmatic and strategic dimension to language teaching. This will lead to a discussion of translating within the framework of developments along this dimension. The argument will centre around the point that within a discourse framework translating as a teaching method is much more relevant and that the criticisms and arguments against it discussed in chapter two therefore no longer apply. In chapter four the relationship between Translating Strategies and Interlanguage Strategies will be examined. This chapter will look at and compare the kind of processes at work within pidgins and creoles and first and second language acquisition with those used in Translating. Chapter five will follow on from the previous chapter with an empirical study of translating strategies and will test the hypothesis that translators and language users make use of similar strategies; and will include a description of data collection, a statistical study and conclusions. In chapter six the relationship between translating and communicative methodology will be examined. I will look particularly at how translating relates to questions of syllabus design and the polarities of accuracy and fluency Chapter seven will contain specific proposals for pedagogy looking at particular areas within linguistic, pragmatic and strategic competence. This chapter will include materials which have been piloted both with Arab learners of English and English learners of Arabic. Chapter eight concludes the thesis arguing that translating does have a vital role to play within a broader communicative approach to language teaching and looks at a number of potential areas for further research.
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Menendez, Maria Rosa. "Learning theories and holistic philosophies: Putting theory into practice to achieve early literacy." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1994. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/953.
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Dickfors, Erika. "Teaching Literature in English at High School Level : A Discussion of the Socio-Cultural Learning Theory vs the Transmission Theory." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för humaniora, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-19793.
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This essay discusses if teaching English literature in high school classes, in accordance with the socio-cultural learning theory, can be considered to promote language learning substantially better than teaching English literature in accordance with the transmission theory. This essay also investigates and compares how well teaching English literature, in accordance with each of these two learning theories, fulfills stipulations in the Swedish National Curriculum for high school courses English 5, 6 and 7. In order to show differences between the socio-cultural learning theory and the transmission theory there are presentations and discussions of different teaching strategies and learning tasks/exercises in accordance with each of these two learning theories. The base for argumentation in this essay is constituted by analytical and theoretical studies of teaching English literature in accordance with the socio-cultural learning theory and in accordance with the transmission theory. There are also theoretical studies of the Swedish National Curriculum (of high school courses English 5, 6 and 7) and previous empirical research and studies (which include teaching and/or language learning and the socio-cultural learning theory). This essay also includes a presentation and discussion of advantages and disadvantages for each learning theory.
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de, Flon Louise. "Hur undervisas engelsk grammatik i Sverige? : En intervjustudie om undervisningsstrategier i engelsk grammatikundervisning i den svenska grundskolans årskurs 4–6." Thesis, Jönköping University, Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-53897.
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Grammatikundervisningen i engelskämnet i den svenska grundskolans årskurs 4–6 har uppmärksammats som ett område där det finns ett behov av vidare forskning. Denna studie ska därför försöka öka kunskapen kring vilka undervisningsstrategier och lärandeteorier som några engelsklärare tar ställning till i sin undervisning. Fokus ligger på grammatik inom ämnet engelska, men även relationen till det svenska språket uppmärksammas. Studien har utgått från en sociokulturell teori då det är ett utvecklande gemensamt lärande som studiens resultat kommer att presentera. Semistrukturerade intervjuer utgör grunden för den empiriska undersökningen som därmed baseras på en kvalitativ metod. Deltagarna är eller har varit verksamma mellanstadielärare i olika kommuner runt om i Sverige. Resultatet och slutsatsen av den empiriska undersökningen uppvisade att lärarna i studien tar hänsyn till olika undervisningsstrategier för att utforma sin grammatikundervisning i engelska. Bland annat använder de läroböcker, digitala verktyg samt olika repetitionsuppgifter. Det framkom även att flera av lärarna utgick från beprövade erfarenheter vid sina grammatiklektioner och genom lärarnas utsagor framkom det att den sociokulturella teorin låg som grund till undervisningen. Det svenska språket har utifrån intervjuerna visat sig inte ha en betydande roll i det engelska klassrummet förutom vid grammatikgenomgångar i engelska. Slutligen visade resultatet att elevernas kunskaper mäts genom framför allt muntliga och skriftliga uppgifter som inte utgörs av grammatikprov.Grammar teaching in the English subject in the Swedish primary school years 4-6 has attracted attention as an under-researched area. This study will therefore try to increase knowledge about the teaching strategies and learning theories that some English teachers use in their teaching. The focus is on grammar in English but the relation to the use of the Swedish language has also been noticed. The study is based on sociocultural theory as the results from the study foreground the importance of collaborative learning. Semi-structured interviews form the basis for the empirical study, which means that it is based on a qualitative methodological point of view. The participants are, or have been, active primary school teachers in years 4-6 from different municipalities in Sweden. The results and the conclusion of the empirical study show that the teachers in the study consider different teaching strategies to design their grammar teaching in the English subject. Among other things, they use textbooks, digital tools, and various repetition assignments. It is also apparent that several of the teachers base their grammar lessons on best practice, and through the teachers’ statements it can be seen that the sociocultural theory is the foundation for their teaching. Based on the interviews, the Swedish language has not been shown to play a significant role in the English classroom except when going through grammatical issues in English. Lastly, the study shows that students' knowledge is primarily measured through oral and written assignments that are not grammar tests.
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Prieto, Pérez Nevia, and Martín Silvana San. "Teaching and learning Methods: Theories and Trends in L2." Tesis, Universidad de Chile, 2004. http://www.repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/110138.
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Informe de Seminario para optar al grado de Licenciado en Lengua y Literatura Inglesa.After many years of hard study and careful research, we can state that focusing on the teaching area is not the key to achieve a good proficiency when learning a foreign language. This idea is based on the fact that, even though there have been many attempts to develop a good method for teaching languages through many decades, none of them has proved to be accepted by the whole language teaching community. Since our work was originally planned to encompass teaching and learning, from our point of view the process of learning is undoubtedly the most important thing. Consequently it must be studied in depth.
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Coleman, James Alexander. "University language learning and teaching." Thesis, University of Portsmouth, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.343378.
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Walsh, B. "My language, our language : Expression and learning in learning." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.379524.
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Alleyn, Suzanne. "Learning the language of mathematics." Thesis, McGill University, 2004. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=81477.
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In this thesis, I describe how interactive journal writing was used to improve the understanding of mathematics, and to foster communication with two groups of remedial grade ten students. Mathematics is a gatekeeper course in high school, and students who are not successful with this subject are at a distinct disadvantage, both in terms of their education and in their future careers. A persistent source of difficulty for these students is related to language; students often struggle both to understand what is being taught, and how to explain concepts or problem solutions in their own words. Interactive journal writing was initiated as a means of addressing this situation, and of meeting the objectives proposed by the Quebec Education Plan, which specifies three closely related competencies: (1) solve situational problems; (2) use mathematical reasoning; (3) and communicate by using mathematical language. There is ample proof in the research literature that communication plays an important role in supporting learners by helping them clarify, refine and consolidate their thinking.This study demonstrates the importance of allowing and encouraging students to use writing as part of their learning processes. By writing about what they are being taught, students are forced to slow down, examine and reflect on the steps they use to solve problems. Sharing what they write promotes meaningful dialogue and personal engagement, essential ingredients of successful learning.
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Yik, Ping-chui, and 易平璀. "Learning styles and language learning outcomes." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2007. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B38598073.
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Dovgopol, H. A. "Innovations in English language teaching and learning." Thesis, Київський національний університет технологій та дизайну, 2018. https://er.knutd.edu.ua/handle/123456789/10500.
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Kruger, Marlene. "Drama-based second language teaching and learning." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/78099.
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This study engages with the domains of second language teaching and learning (L2TL), drama-based teaching and learning (DBTL) and embodied cognition in order to establish how the effective implementation of DBTL may contribute to the efficacy of L2TL practices. There are shortfalls in second language (L2) classrooms and there is a need for a L2 teaching approach, which promotes social interaction in varied sociocultural contexts wherein learners are encouraged to make meaning in order to convey their message. The L2 learning processes created by this approach could overcome the shortfalls of L2TL and offer what is required by Second Language Acquisition (SLA) to acquire a L2. This study proposes that the use of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, teaching, assessment (CEFR) could overcome these shortfalls. However, CEFR can only be effective if the approach that is utilised in its implementation aligns with CEFR’s principles. This study argues that a drama-based teaching approach could adhere to CEFR and address the shortfalls of L2TL. This study explores drama as a facilitation tool and uses elements of process drama to create an approach to DBTL that could create learning experiences which may enhance the efficacy of L2TL and adhere to CEFR.
This study argues that for a DBTL approach to be effective in L2TL, it has to foreground embodied cognition. Embodied cognition theories state that in order to create optimal learning opportunities, social, affective learning experiences should be created wherein learners interact with other humans and their environment in order to make and convey meaning. By critically engaging with embodied cognition theories, this study establishes which components of embodied cognition should be considered for DBTL to be effectively implemented in L2 classrooms. Subsequently, this knowledge ensures that the proposed approach to drama-based second language teaching and learning (DBL2TL) could allow for effective implementation. This study argues that a hypothetical DBL2TL programme based on this DBL2TL approach, which is steered by embodied cognition and adheres to CEFR, could overcome the shortfalls of L2TL. Furthermore, the programme could offer insight into how DBTL could effectively be implemented in L2TL, which in turn could enhance the effectual implementation of DBTL in L2 classrooms. Therefore, the hypothetical DBL2TL programme could enhance the efficacy of L2TL.Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria 2020.
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Hoshino, Ayako. "A morphological testing tool for language learning theories, implementation, and evaluation." Saarbrücken VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2003. http://d-nb.info/98852449X/04.
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Jones, Nicole P. "Teachers' Theories of Teaching and Learning and the Use of Math Interventions." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3788.
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Despite the academic gap between students with learning disabilities (LD) and their nondisabled peers, schools continue to educate students with LD in regular education classrooms. In secondary math classes, such as Algebra 1, students with LD have high percentages of failure. The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to examine the relationship between teachers' personal theories of teaching and learning and their use of math interventions. Fox's (1983) theoretical framework of teaching and learning was used as a conceptual lens. Surveys were administered to 20 high school math teachers in an urban Northeastern U.S. school district. An ordinal logistic regression statistical test was used to analyze relationships between teachers' personal theories of teaching and learning and their use of math interventions, years of experience, gender, ethnicity, and age. A statistically significant relationship was found between teachers' years of experience and their use of math interventions, p = .031. Teachers with 6 or more years of teaching experience self-reported using math interventions more frequently than did teachers with 5 or fewer years of teaching experience. Recommendations for future research include examining why teachers with more years of teaching self-reported using math interventions more than did less experienced teachers and the impact, if any, of the use of math interventions on students with LD's academic performance in Algebra 1. This study can lead to positive social change by providing college and university secondary math candidates with training on how to use math intervention to teach algebra to students with LD.
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Yu, Jyu-fang. "Learning and teaching the English Progressive in Taiwan /." Full text (PDF) from UMI/Dissertation Abstracts International, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3008480.
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Mohamed, Nermin Nashaat Fahmy. "Semantic sequencing in foreign language vocabulary learning : implications for language teaching." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1983/4ef383ff-dfd2-4880-abd9-3cc3d2c9c011.
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Bakker, Sarah C. "BYU students' beliefs about language learning and communicative language teaching activities /." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2008. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd2202.pdf.
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Bakker, Sarah C. "BYU Students' Beliefs About Language Learning and Communicative Language Teaching Activities." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2007. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/1230.
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Learner beliefs, which contribute to attitude and motivation, may affect language learning. It is therefore valuable to investigate the malleability of learner beliefs, and to determine whether potentially detrimental beliefs can be ameliorated. This study examines how instruction of the principles of Second Language Acquisition (SLA) affects students' beliefs about classroom activities and their beliefs about language learning in general. The 68 first-year German students at Brigham Young University who participated in this study were asked to rate the effectiveness of three activities typical of communicative language teaching: Dialogue activities, Peer Interview activities, and Information-gap activities. They were also asked to respond to 11 statements about language learning, seven of which were taken from the Beliefs About Language Learning Inventory(Horwitz, 1988). Students responded to the survey three times: once during the first week of the semester, again during the fourth week, and again during the eighth week. During the four weeks between the second and third surveys, students in the experimental group received seven treatment lessons based on some of the basic principles of SLA. A Repeated Measures ANCOVA and a Logistical Regression were used to determine the effects of the treatment, time, and a number of demographic variables. Results of this study show that the treatment did not have a significant effect on any of the beliefs that were measured. However, one language learning belief was significantly affected by time. A majority of the students who participated in this study agreed with the statement, “The instructor should teach the class in German.” After three weeks of class instruction, however, they agreed with this statement significantly stronger. The results of this study also show that many of the demographic variables, such as gender and previous language learning experience, had a significant effect on a number of the students' beliefs.
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Ayvazyan, Nune. "Communicative translation in foreign-language teaching and learning." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/462921.
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La traducció ha estat considerada com una eina comunicativa d'ensenyament i aprenentatge de llengües estrangeres des de finals dels anys seixanta, encara que es necessita més investigació empírica per provar la seva efectivitat. Aquesta investigació, que defineix la “comunicativitat” com participació activa a classe, analitza com els índexs de participació dels estudiants (quantificats com a interacció iniciada pel professor o iniciada per l'estudiant) canvien a classe quan es fan servir les activitats de traducció en comparació amb les classes només en anglès. L'experiment es va dur a terme amb 61 estudiants d'una assignatura de gramàtica anglesa que estaven cursant el segon any del Grau en anglès a la Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Els estudiants van ser assignats a un dels dos grups per a les sessions de pràctica, vuit de les quals van ser gravades en vídeo. La metodologia consistia a alternar les classes amb les activitats de traducció i només en anglès en els dos grups de pràctica, amb l'objectiu que tots els estudiants se sotmetessin al mateix tractament. Els tipus d'exercicis utilitzats en la classe van ser la gramàtica comparativa i la interpretació d'enllaç. A més, es van distribuir qüestionaris previs i posteriors a l'experiment per esbrinar quines creences tenien els estudiants sobre la traducció en l'aprenentatge de les llengües estrangeres, que després es van complementar amb entrevistes dels participants clau. Els resultats mostren que en termes d'interacció iniciada pel professor, no va haver diferència entre les classes realitzades amb activitats de traducció i les classes en anglès. No obstant això, la interacció iniciada per l'estudiant va ser major en les classes amb traducció. A més, hi va haver més interacció iniciada pels estudiants durant les activitats de gramàtica comparada que durant les activitats d'interpretació d'enllaç. Les creences dels estudiants sobre la traducció en una classe de llengua estrangera van ser generalment positives al principi i no havien canviat al final de l'experiment. Els resultats mostren que la traducció pot ser tan comunicativa (o en alguns casos fins i tot més comunicativa) que les classes només en anglès, si quantifiquem la "comunicativitat" en termes de la quantitat de participació a classe.La traducción ha sido considerada como una herramienta comunicativa de enseñanza y aprendizaje de lenguas extranjeras desde finales de los años sesenta, aunque se necesita más investigación empírica para probar su efectividad. Esta investigación, que define la “comunicatividad” como participación activa en clase, analiza cómo los índices de participación de los estudiantes (cuantificados como interacción iniciada por el profesor o iniciada por el estudiante) cambian en clase cuando se usan las actividades de traducción en comparación con las clases solamente en inglés. El experimento se llevó a cabo con 61 estudiantes de una asignatura de gramática inglesa en el segundo año del Grado en Inglés en la Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Los estudiantes fueron asignados a uno de los dos grupos para las sesiones de práctica, ocho de las cuales fueron grabadas en vídeo. La metodología consistía en alternar las clases con las actividades de traducción y solamente en inglés en ambos grupos de práctica, con el objetivo de que todos los estudiantes se sometieran al mismo tratamiento. Los ejercicios utilizados en la clase fueron la gramática comparativa y la interpretación de enlace. Además, se distribuyeron cuestionarios previos y posteriores al experimento para averiguar qué creencias tenían los estudiantes acerca de la traducción en el aprendizaje de las lenguas extranjeras, que después se complementaron con entrevistas de los participantes clave. Los resultados muestran que en términos de interacción iniciada por el profesor, no hubo diferencia entre las clases realizadas con actividades de traducción y las clases en inglés. Sin embargo, la interacción iniciada por el estudiante fue mayor en las clases con traducción. Además, hubo más interacción iniciada por los estudiantes durante las actividades de gramática comparada que durante las actividades de interpretación de enlace. Las creencias de los estudiantes acerca de la traducción en una clase de lengua extranjera fueron generalmente positivas al principio y no habían cambiado al final del experimento. Los resultados muestran que la traducción puede ser tan comunicativa (o en algunos casos incluso más comunicativa) que las clases solamente en inglés, si cuantificamos la “comunicatividad” en términos de la cantidad de participación en clase.
Translation has been regarded as a communicative foreign-language teaching and learning tool since the late 1960s, although more empirical research is needed to test its effectiveness. Defining “communicativeness” as active participation in class, this research looks at how student participation rates (quantified as teacher-initiated or student-initiated interaction) change when translation activities are used in class, as compared to classes in English only. The experiment was carried out with 61 officially enrolled second-year students of English at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili who were taking a grammar course. The students were placed into two groups for their practice sessions, eight of which were video-recorded. The methodology was to alternate classes with translation activities and in English-only in both practice groups, so that all the students would undergo the same treatment. The types of exercises used in class were comparative grammar and liaison interpreting. Also, pre- and post-experiment questionnaires were distributed to find out what beliefs the students held about translation in foreign-language learning, which were then complemented by interviews from key participants. The findings show that in terms of teacher-initiated interaction, there was no difference between classes carried out with translation activities as compared to classes in English only. However, student-initiated interaction was higher in the classes with translation. Also, there was more student-initiated interaction during the activities involving comparative grammar than during the activities involving liaison interpreting. Students’ beliefs about translation in a foreign-language class were generally positive at the beginning and had not changed by the end of the experiment. The findings show that translation can be as communicative (or in certain cases even more communicative) than classes in English only, if we quantify “communicativeness” in terms of the amount of participation in class.
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Lugoloobi-Nalunga, Maureen. "Teaching and learning English in a multilingual classroom : A study of code-switching in an EFL/ESL teaching/learning situation." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-31682.
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This paper aims at finding out if code-switching is an asset or a problem in a multilingual classroom. The main goal of the study was to find out what impact code-switching into mother tongue has on L2 development and what learning/teaching situations induce the act of code-switching. Through classroom observation, interviews and a questionnaire data were collected and the main questions of the study answered.Previous research and the results from the present study show that code-switching is a natural phenomenon in L2 development and that code-switching has a positive impact on L2 development as it fulfils a significant number of functions in the classroom, including vocabulary and concept development, need for clarification and emphasis, provides a learning strategy for L2 acquisition, and generally helps students maintain and develop their L2.Denna rapport syftar till att ta reda på om kodväxling är en tillgång eller ett problem i ett flerspråkigt klassrum. Syftet med studien var att ta reda på vilken effekt kodväxling till annat språk har på andraspråksutveckling och vilka lärande-/undervisningssituationer som framkallar kodväxling. Genom klassrumobservationer, intervjuer och ett frågeformulär samlades data in.Tidigare forskning och resultaten från denna studie visar att kodväxling är ett naturligt fenomen i andraspråksutveckling och att den har en positiv inverkan på språkutvecklingen, eftersom den fyller ett stort antal funktioner i klassrummet, inklusive ökning av ordförrådet och begreppsförståelsen, fungerar som hjälp när det som läraren säger behöver betonas eller förtydligas, lärandestrategi för andraspråksinlärning, och hjälper slutligen elever att underhålla och utveckla sitt andraspråk.
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Manning, Patricia. "Itsicall : Investigating Teaching Strategies in Computer Assisted Language Learning." n.p, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/.
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Jancic, Mogliacci Rada [Verfasser]. "Teachers' capability-related subjective theories in teaching and learning relations / Rada Jancic Mogliacci." Bielefeld : Universitätsbibliothek Bielefeld, 2015. http://d-nb.info/1070371734/34.
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Nicholson, Maureen Elizabeth. "Inferential comprehension by language-learning disabled children." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/30170.
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This study evaluated the comprehension of inference statements by language-learning disabled (LLD) children and children with normal language development (NL) under two conditions: uncontextualized and contextualized. The contextualized condition was designed to encourage retrieval of information from the subject's general knowledge — a procedure proposed to encourage elaborative inference-making. Two text passages were analyzed according to a model developed by Trabasso and presented by Trabasso, van den Broek & Suh (1989), which yielded a set of bridging causal connections across clause units. Sets of three true and three false causal inference statements were developed to represent bridging inferences for each story. In addition, three true and three premise statements were obtained directly from each story, yielding a total of twelve statements for each text. Subjects were ten language-learning disabled students (7 boys, 3 girls) and ten children with normal language development (5 boys, 5 girls) aged 9 to 11 years old. Mean age for children in both groups was 10 years, 4 months.
Children were selected for the LLD group on the basis of the following criteria: (1) enrollment in a learning assistance or learning resource program for learning-disabled students, preferably for remediation of Language Arts; (2) history of speech-language intervention in preschool or early primary grades; (3) normal nonverbal cognitive skills; (4) lexical and syntactic comprehension within normal abilities (as determined by standardized language tests for the LLD group); (5) native English speaker and (6) normal hearing ability. Every subject received both stories and conditions. Story presentation and condition were counterbalanced across 8 of the 10 subjects in each group; condition only was counterbalanced across the remaining two subjects in each group. Inference and premise statements were randomized; each random set was randomly presented to each subject. Items were scored correct or incorrect. Subjects were also asked to answer open-ended wh-questions. Responses were compared and analyzed using a nonparametric statistical method appropriate for small sample sizes.
Results indicated significant differences between the LLD and the NL groups on the number of correct responses to inference and premise items. Both groups scored significantly worse on inference than premise items. Analysis did not indicate that the LLD group scored significantly worse on inference items than the NL group did. Results also suggested that a contextualization effect operated for both groups, which affected the retention of premise items but acted to improve scores on inference items. This effect was seen most notably for the LLD group.Medicine, Faculty of
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Borg, Simon. "Teacher cognition in second language grammar teaching." Thesis, University of Exeter, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.284617.
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Eda, Sanae. "A Synthesis of Memory Theories and Pedagogy: Teaching Pronunciation in Japanese as a Foreign Language." The Ohio State University, 1996. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1392137535.
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Park, Hyeson. "Child second language acquisition and grammatical theories: The Minimalist Program and optimality theory." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/252897.
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The aim of linguistic theory is to explain what knowledge of language consists of and how this knowledge is acquired. Generative linguistics, which had set out to achieve this goal, has recently seen the development of two main approaches to Universal Grammar (UG). One is the Minimalist Program (MP) and the other is Optimality Theory (OT). In the MP framework, language is claimed to be acquired through parameter setting, while in OT language acquisition is viewed as a constraint reranking process. In this study, I compare the two evolving linguistic theories in relation to child L2 acquisition phenomena; that is, how and whether the two different approaches to UG could be used to account for language development in real time. The database for this study was a corpus of natural and elicited-interview speech collected by the National Center for Bilingual Research from six Korean children learning English as an L2 in a bilingual education school program. Two constructions, null arguments and wh-questions produced by the Korean children in their developing L2 English, were chosen for in-depth investigation. The data analysis shows that (1) the children dropped few subjects from the early stages, (2) the children dropped more objects than subjects, (3) the children did not apply subject-verb inversion in why -questions, and (4) of the wh-questions, when-questions were one of the last to appear in the children's developing English. It was examined whether these four findings could be explained within the MP and the OT frameworks. The MP and OT in their present forms, however, do not seem to be able to fully account for the data. I have proposed some adaptations of the theories and explored plausible explanations. The overall picture emerging from the study is that the gradual nature of language development can best be explained as being a result of the incremental acquisition of the lexicon. The relationship between linguistic theory and acquisition studies, especially second language acquisition studies, has been unidirectional, from theory to acquisition (SLA) studies. It is to be hoped that this study may contribute to connecting the gap between linguistic theory and SLA studies, and making their relationship more bidirectional.
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Burlaka, I. "Task-based language teaching as a trend in foreign language learning approaches." Thesis, Київський національний університет технологій та дизайну, 2018. https://er.knutd.edu.ua/handle/123456789/10505.
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Larsson, Malin. "Cultural Capital through Novels in English : Is There One Sovereign Teaching Method when Teaching Novels in English?" Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för språk (SPR), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-33634.
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This thesis researches how six of the English teachers in the public upper-secondary schools in Växjö teach novels in English and how their methods influence the gaining of cultural capital for the students. The cultural capital theory is based on Pierre Bourdieu and what he states about cultural capital being one of the factors that may allow a person to shift social status without having any economic capital. Another matter that Bourdieu addresses is that school is one of the institutions where cultural capital may be gained (Bourdieu “Practical Reason” 19). Because school is the one common ground students have, it is the one place where they all have the same chance of developing, regardless of social status. The connection between gaining cultural capital and novels in English is explained with the theory of John Guillory and what he states about English novels being a part of cultural capital. The novels that the school possesses and uses form a school canon that does not only reflect the school’s values but its culture as well (Guillory 38). When the students read these novels they therefore gain the cultural capital that the school reflects. How well this cultural capital is gained depends on the teachers and their methods. The study has been conducted by interviewing two English teachers from each of the three schools about their methods and choice of novel. The analysis has uncovered that all the teachers have similar methods and the variations that exists depends on the students they have. Consequently the amount of knowledge and cultural capital gained by the students depends on what kind of students the teacher has and which method he/she therefore chooses to use.
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Reis, Leonice Passarella dos. "Investigating the effects of language learning strategies teaching on the learning process of efl students with language learning difficulties." Florianópolis, SC, 2004. http://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/handle/123456789/88020.
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Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras/Inglês e Literatura Correspondente.Made available in DSpace on 2012-10-22T04:50:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 208099.pdf: 1548686 bytes, checksum: 5e0d79b248020a105cd800087d077a03 (MD5)
Este estudo teve como objetivo investigar os efeitos do ensino de estratégias de aprendizagem de língua no processo de aprendizagem de seis alunos de inglês como língua estrangeira, que possuem dificuldades de aprendizagem. O estudo contou com a participação de 16 alunos: seis no grupo experimental e dez no grupo de controle. Para efetuar essa investigação, foram observadas 46 aulas de 90 minutos, das quais 34 foram observadas através de anotações e 24 através de gravação em áudio. Além disso, cada participante respondeu seis questionários e preencheu diários. Cada participante foi entrevistado uma vez e cada professora foi entrevistada duas vezes. Finalmente, um Programa de Instrução em Estratégia de Aprendizagem de Língua foi desenhado e dado ao grupo experimental. A análise dos dados mostrou que (1) os participantes apresentaram dificuldades em ouvir, falar, ler e escrever em Inglês, (2) a maioria dos participantes no grupo de controle permaneceu com as dificuldades encontradas no início do curso e, além disso, outras dificuldades foram identificadas até o final do curso, e (3), depois de participar do programa de instrução, o grupo experimental sofreu mudanças principalmente no que se refere à sua atitude diante da língua inglesa, pois se tornou mais disposto e motivado a participar em aula e também começou a acreditar que era capaz de superar suas dificuldades. Esses resultados sugerem que o ensino explícito de estratégias de aprendizagem de língua para alunos com dificuldades de aprendizagem # associado ao uso consciente dessas estratégias tanto em sala de aula quanto em outro ambiente (por exemplo, em casa) # tem um efeito positivo no processo de aprendizagem de tais alunos.
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Clayton, Malcolm William. "Visual and verbal texts and language teaching." Thesis, UCL Institute of Education (IOE), 1995. http://eprints.ioe.ac.uk/21562/.
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With reference to language teaching, this research examines current trends in the combination of pictures and print. Assuming that when combined in texts, these utilize differential disclosures of visual and verbal feature, the research establishes some important provisos. Foremost among these is the stipulation that words and pictures do not communicate with each other in the same way. Thus although, on paper, they may be comprehensibly united, in their disclosure of features they remain mutually exterior and coded apart. Generalising from this, the study surveys other sources of exteriority in ELT. To investigate these, it is necessary to mediate across features which, though brought into contact, remain heterogeneously regulated and coded apart. Similarly, the researching of visual and verbal texts becomes a form of crosscultural arbitration. It therefore needs to account for (and bring into agreement) features extraordinarily combined. Since, by definition, these do not ordinarily communicate with each other in the same way, it is argued that they ought to be central to any field driven by considerations of foreignness. Because, for reasons of exteriority, the operandi of both linguistics and art history appear problematic, the research instead opts for an intervening modus vivendi. Thus Deleuze and Guattari's (1987) research metaphor of the 'nomad' is taken as germane. Since this provides some inkling of a conceptual middle ground, it serves as a general guide to observation and is pursued to a point where visual and verbal texts can be more equitably described. The description makes it possible to observe effective but hitherto unnoticed uses of space. Turning on points of framing, spatial positioning, multilinear connection and - beyond whatever is visible - lines of correspondence with language, these reveal that visual and verbal texts do indeed follow multiple but orderly lines of combination. Having described the principles behind these multilinear visual and verbal combinations, it becomes possible to re-appraise their role in language teaching. Again, therefore, the research concludes that since they seek to interrelate multiple but ordinarily noncommunicating parts, 'nomadic' orientations in general - and visual and verbal texts in particular - ought to be at the very heart of language teaching.
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Andersson, Sandra. "A study in second language vocabulary : Learning and teaching." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för språk och litteratur, SOL, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-7940.
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This paper investigates individual learning and teaching strategies by conducting a study among pupils and teachers on the topic. Pupils have answered a questionnaire where they were asked how they learn vocabulary. In addition, teachers have been interviewed where they were asked how they teach vocabulary. Finally, it was investigated what words pupils should learn. The study showed that pupils use a variety of different learning strategies. In addition, teachers use different teaching strategies when teaching vocabulary. It is stated that there are a number of different learning strategies pupils can use. The main teaching strategies should be to teach the words in different contexts but also present different meanings to the word. Finally, high-frequency words should be in focus as well as words of specific use to the pupils.
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Valencia, Cabrera Marlon. "Learning about humor teaching second language humor in ESL /." Online access for everyone, 2008. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Thesis/Spring2008/m_valencia_042808.pdf.
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Tan, Melinda Mui Leng. "Prepositional clusters : investigative-oriented learning and English language teaching." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2000. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11299/.
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This thesis attempts to do three things. Firstly, it attempts to bring a new contribution to knowledge about fixed idiomatic expressions in English, by demonstrating that the overall meaning of such expressions need not always be conveyed by the presence of lexical words. Linguistic observation of natural and authentic language use has shown the existence of fixed idiomatic expressions consisting solely of grammatical words and possessing a particular overall meaning. Some of these expressions commonly found in everyday informal communication (written and spoken) are "this and/or that", "either or ", "round and round ", "ups and downs ", "on and off', etc. Secondly, the thesis will seek to illustrate through descriptive analysis that fixed expressions consisting solely of grammatical words can be called "units of meaning", using Sinclair's (1991a) position regarding form and meaning. Thus, a part of the thesis will be devoted to investigating the lexico-grammatical behaviour of such expressions. The analysis focuses solely on prepositional clusters, whose frequent usage in informal spoken and written communication makes them suitable for investigation. These prepositional clusters are composed of prepositions or words that can function as prepositions, and formed as a result of the common syntactic patterns in which they occur. Besides analysing cluster patterns that are composed solely of prepositions or words that can function as prepositions, other clusters which are composed of prepositions with adjectives/adverbs and nouns are included in the investigation, for purposes of comparison. Hence, the prepositional cluster patterns analysed in this study are: a) Prep+and+Prep (egs. ins and outs, up and down), b) Prep+Prep (egs. roundabout, upside down, inside out), c) Prep+Adv/Adj (egs. at most, at least), d) Adj/Adv+Prep (egs. excited about, worried about, angry about), e) Noun+ Prep (egs. Reason for, request for, excuse for) and f) Prep+Noun (egs. by mistake, by chance, by coincidence). In examining the lexico-grammatical behaviour of prepositional cluster patterns, I have applied linguistic principles from both Corpus Analysis and Cognitive Semantics. This approach, which combines two fields of linguistics, lends more depth to the analysis. While principles of Corpus Analysis are useful in determining common meaning usages and grammatical functions of prepositional clusters, principles of Cognitive Semantics are able to extend the interpretation of the meaning usages, with regard to metaphoricity. Consequently, I will utilise the principles in both fields to suggest a semantic representation of all the prepositional clusters analysed in the study, based on a superordinate classification rather than on a network one. The third and final part of the thesis seeks to apply the lexicogrammatical findings and the linguistic principles used in the study to pedagogy. More specifically, these findings, together with the linguistic principles of Corpus Analysis and Cognitive Semantics, have been utilised to construct activities which demonstrate a particular ELT methodology, which I have termed Investigative-Oriented Learning (IOL). IOL is meant to address the limitation of Communicative Teaching in developing investigative questioning in language learners. The aim of IOL thus is to empower learners with skills of Conscious Investigation which may enable them to be sensitive to patterns of language, and to their idiomatic and metaphorical meanings and grammatical functions. Prepositional clusters, which illustrate idiomaticity and metaphoricity in authentic language use, have been used as an example of language patterns to illustrate the methodology behind IOL.
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Al-Alawi, Bader. "Web based learning system : teaching Arabic language for beginners /." Leeds : University of Leeds, School of Computer Studies, 2003. http://www.leeds.ac.uk/cgi-bin/library/compst.pl?CAT=BSC&FILE=200304/al-alawi.pdf.
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Manning, Patricia Eveline. "ITSICALL : investigating teaching strategies in computer assisted language learning." Thesis, Open University, 1995. http://oro.open.ac.uk/57551/.
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This thesis evaluates the effect on the learning and teaching of gender and gender agreement in French for English speakers of various teaching strategies Implicit, Explicit and Exploratory, implemented as a CALL program, 'Itsicall' (Investigating Teaching Strategies in Computer Assisted Language Learning). It is an original piece of research with school children in London which uses a variety of L2 research methods, i.e. error analysis, contrastive analysis and learner interviews, to inspire the design of the computer program , which teaches the concepts of Gender and Gender Agreement in French in the three modes selected, Implicit, Explicit and Exploratory. The design of the gender teaching program was motivated by a series of preliminary investigations, which lead to the accumulation of a rich source of data on the way school children perform and acquire concepts prominent in another language and provides many insights into the difficulties encountered by children Vying to grapple with the concept of Gender, under represented in the English language and primordial in French. The program was then tested and evaluated in an exercise which provided further invaluable data for Second Language Acquisition Research, Second Language Teaching and Computer Assisted Instruction, taking into account the answer to the original research questions and the opinions of the children who tried out the program. The account of this empirical work, which reveals the potential of exploratory computer environments is then followed by an analysis which incorporates all the findings of the previous experiments into a critical evaluation of the merits of Implicit, Explicit and Exploratory teaching of grammar rules in a CALL environment.
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Tursic, Arslan. "TEACHING MOTION SKILLS WITHIN GAME TUTORIALS : Discovery learning theories tested on game tutorial design." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för kommunikation och information, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-8354.
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This thesis explores the dynamic field of motion skill acquisition and uses discovery learning as means for learning motions. Differences are discussed between a virtual game environment and a real environment and how this can relate to motion skill acquisition. By testing different instructions for a created serious game, this thesis aims at exploring if there are significant differences in gameplay and motion skill acquisition. Respondents were exposed to different instructions before playing a game based on motion skill. In-game time was measured in order to understand if the time results could be affected with different types of instructions, furthermore, if no instructions regarding motion skill could be beneficial. Results indicate that no instructions lead to greater in-game time as well as tendency for showing greater fondness for the game controls.
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Jue, Xia. "Communicative Language Teaching in Vocabulary Teaching and Learning in a Swedish Comprehensive Class." Thesis, Kristianstad University, Department of Teacher Education, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-6847.
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Zahir, Freshta. "Teaching Methods of Foreign Languages : Teaching and learning of Spanish language in Kabul." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-33821.
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Second languages which are also called foreign languages are learnt beside native spoken languages and they are learnt in a systematic way (Hinkel, 2005). Spanish and English are widely spoken around the globe and they have improved a lot in Afghanistan, especially SPanish after Spanish military existence in teh country as part of ISAF after 2001 to Afghanistan and after the establishment of some private schools where Spanish is a part of curriculum. This school was built due to the interest of Spanish embassy. As the embassy got informed that there is the Spanish department, they immidiately got interested and wanted to establish a school in Afghanistan too where Spanish will be taught as one subject in this only one school in Kabul city. Since, there are mostly non-native speaking teachers with different teaching approaches in Kabul University; the researcher therefore, conducted this study to compares English and Spanish language teachers in the university and a private school. Moreover, students’ perceptions as regards learning a second language are explored as well as their experience and motives. Data for this research is collected with the help of ready-made questionnaire which was distributed to 20 English teachers, seven Spanish teachers at the university, five teachers of Kabul international school, 50 students of Spanish department and 50 students of Kabul international school. In addition to this, five classes were observed in university and five in private school, which helped the comparison of teachers’ perceptions and factual teaching performance in the class. It was found that there are both similarities and differences among teachers of English and Spanish teachers when teaching these foreign languages. In schools these languages are taught superficially and teachers lack professional knowledge while in the university vice versa. This research also found that nearly all the staff and students in Spanish department are grown up in urban areas and none of the students while only three out of 12 Spanish teachers have visited Spain. Half of the students in school were concerned about the impact of Spanish on Afghan society while students in the university and Spanish teachers had the counter idea. Moreover, it was found that in university students were given articles, assignments and topics from magazines and newspapers apart from daily lessons for the intention that students strengthen their Spanish language while this practice was hardly visible in school classrooms. In school Spanish language was taught on lecture based where students rarely found any chance for practice of the language and most of the time was allocated for the translation of Spanish.TEMP Afganistan
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Apelgren, Britt Marie. "Foreign language teachers' voices : personal theories and experiences of change in teaching English as a foreign language in Sweden." Thesis, University of Reading, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.323900.
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Chen, Shu-Fen, and res cand@acu edu au. "Cooperative Learning, Multiple Intelligences and Proficiency: application in college English language teaching and learning." Australian Catholic University. Faculty of Education, 2005. http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/digitaltheses/public/adt-acuvp120.25102006.
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The purpose of this research is to investigate whether the implementation of Cooperative Learning (CL) activities, incorporating the insights given by Howard Gardner’ (1993) theory of Multiple Intelligences (MI) and the notion of Whole Language Approach (WLA) in college EFL classrooms will have a positive effect on students’ language proficiency and attitude. A quasi-experimental study was developed. The site of this study was in an EFL classroom in a Taiwanese College. The subjects were from the researcher’s three English classes at Chung Hwa Institute of Medical Technology during one semester. Many learning activities based on Gardner’s theory of Multiple Intelligences were used while a Cooperative Learning approach was practiced. The data for this study was collected from three sources. One was from the subjects’ questionnaires on attitudes and on motivation, regarding Cooperative Learning and Multiple Intelligences. Another was from student interviews. The third was from the students’ test scores on their language proficiency tests. The results of the study showed that the experimental group that was taught using the ideas based on CL and MI outperformed the group based on CL, and the control group, on the Simulate English General Proficiency tests for the four language skills. Though there were no significant differences among them within this short-time study, the motivation in learning English was enhanced a great deal for the experimental group that was taught using the CL and MI ideas. Based upon the insight gained from this study, CL, MI, WLA and Language Learning Center were thus recommended to be integrated into the Junior College English curriculum. Pedagogical implications for the application of CL and MI in an EFL classroom were developed. Above all, suggestions for teacher development in CL and MI were proposed. Finally, suggestions for future research have been recommended.
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Xiang, Chun Ping. "A study on task-based language teaching and learning : tasks and language focus." Thesis, University of Macau, 2010. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b2180749.
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Mostert, Annamarie. "A language programme evaluation : English as language of learning and teaching / A. Mostert." Thesis, North-West University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/2032.
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Gesser, Audrei. "Teaching and learning brazilian sign language as a foreign language :: a microethnographic description /." Florianópolis, SC, 1999. http://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/handle/123456789/80603.
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Shaheen, Muhammad. "Theories of translation and their applications to the teaching of English/Arabic-Arabic/English translating." Thesis, Connect to e-thesis, 1991. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/637.
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Wen, Qiu-fang, and 文秋芳. "Advanced level English language learning in China." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1993. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31233958.
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Hooper, Hugh R. "Computers and content-based language learning." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28072.
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Can a computer database be used to augment a content-based approach to developing academic discourse? This document reports on the integration of these three areas in student tasks in a unit of work (biology) taught by a content teacher and a language specialist to a class of grade 7 students in a Vancouver elementary
school. The objectives of the study were 1) to investigate the connections between biology content, the academic discourse of classification and a computer database, and 2) to identify if each area was in fact related to the knowledge structures of classification and description. The research method focussed on, ethnographic observations, interviews and recordings of the students and the teachers as they worked through the unit. Analysis of the findings seems to suggest that there are connections
between biology content, academic discourse of classification
and a computer database, and that each area is related to the knowledge structure of classification and description. This finding further suggests that student tasks at the computer have the potential for developing academic discourse and the learning of content. This potential may deserve further investigation by both teachers and researchers.Education, Faculty of
Language and Literacy Education (LLED), Department of
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Sobyra, Angela Meredith. "Teaching pragmatics in an EFL context: Implications for coursebook design, teaching and learning." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2015. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/89753/1/Angela_Sobyra_Thesis.pdf.
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This case study examined the use of global English language teaching coursebooks by five teachers to teach English language use to students in Thailand where English is a foreign language. Despite the complexities of English language use in Thailand, the coursebook and teachers emphasised sets of decontextualised linguistic structures to teach speaking and conversation. The students interpreted and applied the structures in different ways with varied awareness of the effects of their linguistic choices. Teachers were constrained by the coursebook, their understandings of culture, and knowledge of how to teach pragmatics highlighting implications for teacher education and coursebook design.
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Huang, Jing. "Autonomy, agency and identity in foreign language learning and teaching." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2009. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B41757981.
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Postica, Adina M. "Changing Focus: From Second / Foreign Language Teaching to Communication Learning." See Full Text at OhioLINK ETD Center (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing), 2006. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?toledo1147275010.
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Huang, Jing, and 黃景. "Autonomy, agency and identity in foreign language learning and teaching." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2009. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B41757981.
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Batters, J. D. "Pupil and teacher perceptions of foreign language learning and teaching." Thesis, University of Bath, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.383677.
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