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Direct linkCobb, Tom; Horst, Marlise – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2019
The vocabulary research of the 1980s and 1990s brought a breath of fresh air into the language classroom. Teachers in many remote EFL locations had long suspected that vocabulary was their learners' main challenge, but there was little research evidence to confirm this or say what to do about it. Then, suddenly, work by Nation, Laufer, Meara,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocabulary Development, Computational Linguistics, Grammar
Wen, Zhisheng; McNeill, Arthur; Mota, Mailce Borges – Language Teaching, 2014
Organized under the auspices of the "Language Learning" Roundtable Conference Grant (2012), this seminar aimed to provide an interactive forum for a group of second language acquisition (SLA) researchers with particular interests in cognitive linguistics and psycholinguistics to discuss key theoretical and methodological issues in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Seminars, Second Language Learning, Psycholinguistics
Qin, Xie; Andrews, Stephen – Language Teaching, 2010
The Language and Literature Division (LLD) is the largest of the six divisions of the Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong (HKU). It is currently home to 34 academic staff, who specialize either in the fields of Chinese Language, English Language and/or Literature Education, and to 60 full-time and 28 part-time doctoral students, who are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Departments, Schools of Education, Universities
Download full textLeung, Peggy – Hongkong Papers in Linguistics and Language Teaching, 1991
A study assessed the effectiveness of the standard report writing segment of two postsecondary courses in English as a Second Language one in accounting and one in secretarial communication, at a Hong Kong polytechnic. The 69 subjects were in 4 groups, one in each subject receiving instruction with a problem-solving approach and one in each…
Descriptors: Accounting, Business Communication, Classroom Techniques, Course Descriptions
British Council, London (England). English Language and Literature Div. – 1986
A review of the status of English language instruction in Hong Kong begins with an overview of the role of English in the society in general, and outlines the status of English use and instruction in the educational system at all levels (elementary, secondary, higher, vocational, adult, and teacher), the characteristics and training of English…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
