ERIC Number: ED416702
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1995
Pages: 92
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ISSN: ISSN-0898-8471
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Texas Papers in Foreign Language Education, 1995.
Texas Papers in Foreign Language Education, v2 n1 Spr 1995
Papers on foreign language education include: "Beliefs About Language Learning: A Study of Korean University Students Learning English" (Susan N. Truitt), which looked at the influence of cultural background and experience on language learning attitudes; "Motivation as a Two-Sided Coin: Motivational Differences Between College-Level Chinese and Japanese Learners of EFL" (Bill Teweles); "A Psycholinguistic Study of Relative Pronoun Use by Native Speakers and Non-Native Speakers of English" (Miho Yorozu), which focuses on developmental stages in learners' interlanguage systems and the relationship between language learning attitudes and language proficiency; "The Compensation Model" (Gi-Pyo Park), which proposes a model to help explain the difference between child and adult language acquisition in terms of different cognitive modules and theories; "Communicating Through Poetry in an ESL Classroom" (Mary Starz), demonstrating the use of poetry to teach intonation, adjectives, verbs, pronunciation, and syntax as well as self- expression; and "The Status of Foreign Language in the Elementary School in Austin: Is the Spirit Willing and the FLES Still Weak?" (Zena T. Moore, Angela Ramsay), reporting results of a study of foreign language instruction in Austin (Texas) elementary schools. (MSE)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Chinese, Classroom Communication, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), FLES, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Japanese, Language Attitudes, Language Patterns, Language Research, Learning Motivation, Linguistic Theory, Native Speakers, Poetry, Pronouns, Psycholinguistics, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Student Attitudes
Publication Type: Collected Works - Serials
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Texas Univ., Austin. Foreign Language Education Center.; Texas Univ., Austin. Foreign Language Studies Center.
Identifiers - Location: South Korea; Texas (Austin)
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