Download or read book Comparative Study of Foreign Language Learning written by Dean LaVar Marshall and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Attitudes to Modern Foreign Language Learning written by Brendan Bartram and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2010-12-09 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Draws on comparative education to offer an insight into the development of modern foreign language learning.

Download or read book A Comparative Study of the Foreign Language Learning Ability of Bilingual and Monolingual Students in Secondary Schools written by Gilbert M. Lutz and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Comparative Studies in Foreign language Teaching written by Lennart Levin and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Comparative Study of K 12 Foreign Language Education in American and Chinese Public Schools written by Sha Li and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present study aims to provide a more complete picture of how the U.S. and China have developed their foreign language education, particularly in secondary public schools, and how it is structured in each country. An analysis of the foreign language education systems from a historical perspective up until the current foreign language curricula setting situation will be addressed as well in this paper in order to compare and contrast the effective and ineffective aspects of what each country has done and is doing in foreign language education. My study focused on a small sample size of focus group involving three foreign language instructors in public middle schools from China, and three in the U.S. The two research instruments that were used in this study were online surveys and focus group. It is thus hoped that this study may make a contribution to the literature, facilitating both countries' understandings of each other, exploring the problems of both countries, adding new knowledge about the significance of foreign language education, and suggesting the best practices to establish and improve foreign language programs. It is thus also hoped that both country may apply the effective practices and discard the ineffective practices.

Download or read book A Comparative Study of the Teaching of a Modern Foreign Language in the Secondary Schools of the United States and Germany written by Walter W. Herkness and published by . This book was released on 1934 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Teaching Foreign Language Grammar to Adults written by Tibor von Elek and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Comparative Study of the Language Learning Strategies Used by Students in International Schools and Local Schools written by Kwok-Ying Grace Mak and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "A Comparative Study of the Language Learning Strategies Used by Students in International Schools and Local Schools" by Kwok-ying, Grace, Mak, 麥幗英, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: Abstract of thesis entitled A comparative study of the language learning strategies used by students in international schools and local schools Submitted by Mak Kwok Ying Grace For the degree of Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics At the University of Hong Kong August, 2005 This is a comparative study of language learning strategies used by international and local school students in Hong Kong. The aims of the study are: 1) to investigate the use of strategies in learning English as a second language in both international and local schools; 2) to explore the relationship between the factors for the students' strategy use and the characteristics of the two school systems. The focus of the study is on the senior form of secondary schools and the subjects are year 12 students in international schools and form six students in local schools. A questionnaire adapted from the Strategies Inventory of Language Learning (SILL Version 7.0 for ESL/EFL learners) was administered, followed by semi-structured interviews with six students from different schools. The frequency of use of overall learning strategies for both groups was similarly within the medium range. Both groups followed a similar pattern in the frequencies of use of learning strategies; they used either compensation strategies (by local school students), or cognitive strategies (by international school students) the most frequently, followed by metacognitive, social, memory and affective strategies being used least frequently. There are no significant differences between these two groups of students' use of the first four categories of strategies: compensation, cognitive, metacognitive and social strategies, but significant differences are shown in the use of memory and affective strategies (local school students used memory and affective strategies to the medium extent, whereas international school students used these strategies at low frequency). In addition, international school students consistently used strategies less frequently than local school students. The similarities of learning strategy use seem to be closely related to some similar features in these two school systems like the need to sit for public examinations and some common content in English lessons. International school students' overall less frequent use of strategies can probably be interpreted as an indication of more effective language learning in international school; some students reported use of fewer strategies when their English proficiency had improved. The significant differences shown in memory and affective strategies between the two groups of students are interpreted in relation with the learning environments and other characteristics of the two school systems. DOI: 10.5353/th_b3193030 Subjects: English language - Study and teaching (Secondary) - China - Hong Kong Private schools - China - Hong Kong Public schools - China - Hong Kong

Download or read book Developing Critical Cultural Awareness in Modern Languages written by Elinor Parks and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-01-20 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the relationship between language and culture while considering its implications for the teaching of modern foreign languages in higher education. Drawing on a comparative empirical study conducted at universities both in the UK and US, this text problematises the impacts of a separation of language and content in German degree programmes. Illustrating the need for a curriculum which fosters the development of intercultural competence and criticality, Parks reconceptualises established models of criticality (Barnett) and intercultural communicative competence (Byram). The chapters in this volume discuss a range of important topics including; language graduates with deep translingual and transcultural competence, observed differences and similarities between British and American universities and faculty and student voices: developing intercultural competence and criticality. Aimed at scholars with research interests in intercultural communication, language education and applied linguistics, this volume provides a thorough discussion for the ways in which modern language programmes in higher education can be improved. Additionally, those carrying out research in the fields of language teaching and language policy in higher education will find Developing Critical Cultural Awareness in Modern Languages to be of great relevance.

Download or read book Modern Foreign Languages and the Use of Frameworks for Language Teaching and Learning written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Foreign Language Learning written by Yuanfang Yu and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Comparative Studies in Second Language Learning written by Judy Wagner-Gough and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Identifying the Perceptual Learning Styles of Foreign Language Learners written by Mehmet Kurt and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the globalizing world economy, for the realization of international trade is increasing the need for foreign language learning. TR63 (Kahramanmaras, Osmaniye and Hatay) region is increasing its export every day. Besides these advances, interest is awakening in foreign language education among the region. In preparing syllabus for this kind of an education detection of perceptual learning styles of the learner provides solutions for special areas. To do so, the present study aims to identify the perceptual learning styles of the foreign language learners in a comparative way. The results of the study will lead preparation of syllabus for language learning not only based on the language needs but also the perceptual learning styles of the learners. Thus, the present study is aimed to shed light to the efforts on forming educational programs for special solutions for specific areas. In order to do so, a survey adapted from literature is applied to 580 students in foreign language students in state universities of Kahramanmaras, Osmaniye and Hatay. Statistical analyses are applied to the data via the use of SPSS 18 and AMOS 16. The results of the study revealed that, students acquire language in different ways. So, more specified syllabi should be used in order to obtain better results in language teaching.

Download or read book The Relationship Between Foreign Language Anxiety and Beliefs about Language Learning written by Najwa Majid Aown and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examined and compared the interaction of foreign language anxiety lev el and beliefs about language learning of EFL learners at two universities in Le banon, one using English and one using French as a medium of instruction. A tota l of 233 students enrolled in the Intensive English Course and Communication Ski ll Program at the American University of Beirut where English is the medium of inst ruction and in the Necessary and Sufficient English Program at Saint Joseph Univ ersity where French is the medium of instruction participated in this study. The participants completed the Beliefs about Language Learning Inventory, the Forei gn Language Classroom Anxiety Scale and a background questionnaire. The results ind icated that there were differences in beliefs about language learning between st udents at the two institutions. Also, a stepwise multiple regression revealed th at some belief variables, such as perceived self- efficacy and confidence in lea rning English, the difficulty of learning English, the difficulty of speaking En glish and formal learning of English/ foreign language aptitude contributed sign ificantly to the prediction of foreign language anxiety. Finally, a multivariate analysis of variance showed that certain background variables, namely gender, e xperience abroad, having native English-speaking acquaintances, and expected course grades influenced students' anxiety English-s peaking levels and language learning beliefs. The pedagogical implications of th ese findings were discussed, as were suggestions for future research.

Download or read book The Value of Foreign Language Learning written by Tobias Schroedler and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a highly interdisciplinary theoretical framework, Tobias Schroedler provides a comprehensive picture of the value of language skills within the Irish economy. The author manages to present and merge theories from economics, business studies, sociology, and applied linguistics making this an innovative and valuable contribution to the growing field of research on the value of multilingualism and languages. The first of two datasets presented in the book provides a macroeconomic quantification on the economic performance of four different global language communities. The second dataset consists of an expert interview study on the matter. Based on the data analysis, the author derives recommendations for economically beneficial language education policy making.

Download or read book Attitudes to Modern Foreign Language Learning written by Brendan James Bartram and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Second Language Learning in the Early School Years Trends and Contexts written by Victoria A. Murphy and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-05-07 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a much-needed overview of current themes and research on child second language learning.