Studies in Honour of Marianne Nikolov

Studies in Honour of Marianne Nikolov
Author: József Horváth
Publisher: Lingua Franca Csoport
Total Pages: 519
Release: 2014-02-21
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9636425779

A collection of studies in applied linguistics

Learning Foreign Languages in Primary School

Learning Foreign Languages in Primary School
Author: María del Pilar García Mayo
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2017-06-16
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1783098120

This book presents research on the learning of foreign languages by children aged 6-12 years old in primary school settings. The collection provides a significant and important contribution to this often overlooked domain and aims to provide research-based evidence that might help to inform and develop pedagogical practice. Topics covered in the chapters include the influence of learner characteristics on word retrieval; explicit second language learning and language awareness; meaning construction; narrative oral development; conversational interaction and how it relates to individual variables; first language use; feedback on written production; intercultural awareness raising and feedback on diagnostic assessment. It will be of interest to undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, teachers and stakeholders who are interested in research on how children learn a second language at primary school.

Early Language Learning

Early Language Learning
Author: Janet Enever
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2017-07-06
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1783098333

This is the first collection of research studies to explore the potential for mixed methods to shed light on foreign or second language learning by young learners in instructed contexts. It brings together recent studies undertaken in Cameroon, China, Croatia, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Tanzania and the UK. Themes include English as an additional language, English as a second or foreign language, French as a modern foreign language, medium of instruction controversies and content and language integrated learning (CLIL). The volume reviews the choice of research methodologies for early language learning research in schools with a particular focus on mixed methods and proposes that in the multidisciplinary context of early language learning this paradigm allows for a more comprehensive understanding of the evidence than other approaches might provide. The collection will be of interest to in-service and trainee teachers of young language learners, graduate students in the field of TESOL and early language learning, teacher educators, researchers and policymakers.

UPRT 2013

UPRT 2013
Author: Judit Dombi
Publisher: Lingua Franca Csoport
Total Pages: 154
Release: 2014-01-19
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9636425701

Eleven research papers from the field of applied linguistics.

Assessing Young Learners of English: Global and Local Perspectives

Assessing Young Learners of English: Global and Local Perspectives
Author: Marianne Nikolov
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 343
Release: 2015-10-29
Genre: Education
ISBN: 3319224220

This volume documents international, national, and small-scale testing and assessment projects of English language education for young learners, across a range of educational contexts. It covers three main areas: age-appropriate ‘can do statements’ and task types for teaching and testing learners between the ages of 6 to 13; innovative approaches to self-assessment, diagnostic testing, self- perception, and computer-based testing; and findings on how young learners perform on vocabulary, listening, speaking, pronunciation, and reading comprehension tests in European and Asian contexts. Early language learning has become a major trend in English language education around the globe. As a result of the spread of teaching English to a growing number of young children, assessment of and for learning have emerged as key issues. In line with this development, there is a clear and emerging need to make early language programs accountable and to assess both the progress children make over time and to quantify their achievement at various stages of development. This volume informs stakeholders about the realistic goals of early language learning, their efficiency, and how much progress children make over time.

Intercultural Communicative Competence and Individual Differences

Intercultural Communicative Competence and Individual Differences
Author: Judit Dombi
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2021-02-19
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1527566528

This book presents a concise critical overview of the literature on intercultural communicative competence (ICC) and offers insights into research on this concept. As a novel contribution to the field, the book frames ICC in relation to other learner variables, such as motivation, willingness to communicate, communication apprehension, and self-perceived communication competence. Based on empirical data, the study proposes and tests a model of English majors’ ICC interacting with individual differences related to L2 communication. The findings highlight that students’ beliefs about their own performance, their apprehension from communication situations and their language learning motivation were successfully integrated into a new model of intercultural communicative competence as understood in an interactional EFL context.