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Sydorenko, Tetyana; Smits, Tom F. H.; Evanini, Keelan; Ramanarayanan, Vikram – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2019
Recent CALL technology reviews cover a plethora of technologies available to language learners to improve a variety of skills, including speaking. However, few technology-enhanced self-access tools are available for pragmatic development, especially in oral modality. Recognizing the benefits of structured practice for second language development,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Kinzler, Katherine D.; Shutts, Kristin; Spelke, Elizabeth S. – Language Learning and Development, 2012
Monolingual English-speaking children in the United States express social preferences for speakers of their native language with a native accent. Here we explore the nature of children's language-based social preferences through research with children in South Africa, a multilingual nation. Like children in the United States, Xhosa South African…
Descriptors: Linguistics, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Speech Communication