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Perez-Sabater, Carmen; Pena-Martinez, Gemma; Turney, Ed; Montero-Fleta, Begona – Written Communication, 2008
Many recent studies on computer-mediated communication (CMC) have addressed the question of orality and literacy. This article examines a relatively recent subgenre of CMC, that of written online sports commentary, that provides us with written CMC that is clearly based on firmly established oral genres, those of radio and television sports…
Descriptors: Team Sports, Computer Mediated Communication, French, Television
Dabene, Louise – 1983
As part of the Spanish government's attempt to provide cultural and linguistic education for the sizable Spanish population in France, it organized the design of instructional materials especially suited to the 64,614 children of Spanish migrant workers living in rural and urban France. The materials were intended for use by primary and lower…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Case Studies, Cultural Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Virginia Department of Education, 2007
The Foreign Language Standards of Learning identify essential content, processes, and skills for each level of language learning in Virginia's secondary schools. Included are specific standards for levels I through IV of French, German, Spanish, and Latin, as well as generic standards adaptable for levels I through IV of other modern languages,…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Second Language Programs, Cultural Awareness, Modern Languages
White, Joanna; Munoz, Carmen; Collins, Laura – Language Awareness, 2007
This paper reports on two studies that investigated the effectiveness of a contrastive analysis type of pedagogical intervention, which aimed to promote interlanguage development in the use and understanding of English possessive determiners (PDs) among adolescent second language (L2) learners. The first research question asked whether explicit…
Descriptors: Intervention, Form Classes (Languages), Interlanguage, English (Second Language)
Papadima-Sophocleous, Salomi, Ed.; Bradley, Linda, Ed.; Thouësny, Sylvie, Ed. – Research-publishing.net, 2016
The 23rd EUROCALL conference was held in Cyprus from the 24th to the 27th of August 2016. The theme of the conference this year was "CALL Communities and Culture." It offered a unique opportunity to hear from real-world CALL practitioners on how they practice CALL in their communities, and how the CALL culture has developed in local and…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Moreno, Kirstin Heather – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study highlights the complexities associated with learning a heritage language (HL) abroad, specifically with regard to identity, expectations, and beliefs about language and language learning, by examining the ways that HL learners talk about themselves. These are important topics to study because perceptions of language learning have been…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Heritage Education, Focus Groups
Wright, Margaret; Brown, Pamela – Language Learning Journal, 2006
This paper reports the findings of a small-scale study which focused on reading strategy instruction for learners of French or Spanish as a modern foreign language. The objective of the study was to explore the potential of reading strategy instruction in raising the learner readers' awareness of reading strategies, in extending the range of…
Descriptors: Intervals, Second Languages, Reading Strategies, Reading Ability
Corbett, Stephen S.; Moore, Jean – 1981
Because the nonverbal component of communication is culture-specific, effective communication in a second language requires knowledge of the body language typical of speakers of that language. For example, Americans and Hispanics have a different sense of proxemics, Hispanics favoring closeness during conversation. Instruction in nonverbal…
Descriptors: Body Language, French, German, Nonverbal Communication
Dissemination and Assessment Center for Bilingual Education, Austin, TX. – 1973
Descriptive abstracts of all Elementary and Secondary Act Title VII projects funded through Fiscal Year 1972-73 are presented in this guide. The abstracts contain the project name, fiscal agent, director, location, languages other than English, grade levels, number of classes, student enrollment, staff, participating schools or districts, funding…
Descriptors: Abstracts, American Indians, Biculturalism, Bilingual Education

Horwitz, Elaine K. – Modern Language Journal, 1988
Reports on a study identifying the varying beliefs of beginning university foreign language students about language learning, focusing on one component of an ongoing investigation attempting to characterize individual learner beliefs and belief systems by student type. (CB)
Descriptors: French, German, Higher Education, Language Attitudes

Levitt, Jesse – Linguistics, 1973
Descriptors: Adjectives, Form Classes (Languages), French, Grammar
Py, Bernard – Yelmo, 1972
Descriptors: Charts, Contrastive Linguistics, French, Grammar
Companys, Emmanuel – Francais dans le Monde, 1971
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, English, French, Intonation
Austin, Neale W.; Clark, John L. D. – Sch Soc, 1970
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, French, German, School Surveys

Sebastian, Robert N. – Hispania, 1989
Explores problems encountered during attempts to translate French expressions occurring in English (such as concierge) into Spanish, particularly when the English interpretation of the expression is different from the standard French usage. Spanish translations are provided for about 200 French terms and expressions commonly used in English. (61…
Descriptors: English, French, Idioms, Linguistic Borrowing