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"Discovering Language" in Primary School: An Evaluation of a Language Awareness Programme
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Barton, Amanda; Bragg, Joanna; Serratrice, Ludovica – Language Learning Journal, 2009
In a paper published in "The Language Learning Journal" in 2005, Eric Hawkins describes his vision of language education as an apprenticeship comprising two stages. In stage one (ages 5-14), the purpose is "educational" and the focus is on language awareness; in stage two (14-19), the purpose is "instrumental" and…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, Incentives, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
Computer Corpora and Vocabulary Study.
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Murphy, Brendan – Language Learning Journal, 1996
Addresses the application of corpus resources and research methods, through concordance programs, to vocabulary study in second-language programs. The article attempts to demonstrate that a corpus linguist's use of his access to large quantities of data to observe the relational and distributional properties of linguistic phenomena can be usefully…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Context Effect, Data Analysis, Foreign Countries
Languages for All: The Crucial Role of the First Few Weeks.
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Atkinson, David; And Others – Language Learning Journal, 1995
Focuses on beginner foreign-language classes at the university level with the goal of identifying the types of learners who participate in "languages for all" programs and how their needs can best be addressed during the first weeks of the course. Students' initial learning needs to be compensated by the development of various kinds of awareness…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Context Effect, Higher Education, Introductory Courses