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Language Awareness: Implications for the Language Curriculum.
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James, Carl – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 1999
Traces the history of the British language-awareness (LA) movement from its grassroots origins, through its confrontation with the establishment, to its eventual academization. Provides an extended definition of LA, compares LA with the complementary and parallel enterprise of consciousness raising, and cites new developments in the fields of…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Comparative Analysis, Consciousness Raising, Contrastive Linguistics
A Cross-Linguistic Approach to Language Awareness.
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James, Carl – Language Awareness, 1996
Revives Eric Hawkins' idea of a language "trivium" where language awareness activities should fill the space between the learner's two languages. Draws a distinction between awareness and consciousness of language and suggests that cross-linguistic relationships are a major source of input salience strengthening, due to bilinguals'…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Contrastive Linguistics, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Processing