Search results for "Second language acquisition"

Similarities between Playing World of Warcraft and CLIL

2012

This article argues that playing World of Warcraft (WoW) and Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) have a number of similar features. We base our argument on findings from three studies. The first (Sylvén 2004/2010) is about CLIL and non-CLIL students at upper secondary level and aims to investigate what effect, if any, CLIL has on the incidental acquisition of vocabulary. The second (Sundqvist 2009) is about extramural English and aims to examine its potential impact on learners’ oral proficiency and vocabulary. Extramural English is broadly defined as any type of contact that learners have with English outside the classroom. The third is a joint study focusing on young learners …

Learner identity in EFL: An analysis of digital texts of identity in higher education

2018

This study explores learner identity (LI) in digital texts of identity (DTI) produced by college learners in English as a foreign language (EFL). In so doing, it aims to shed light on learners’ connections of their learning experiences across time and settings, and their impact on the various learner identities that form their LI. It also intends to elucidate how learners construct powerful learner identities in and through their digital discourses. To this end, 51 DTI were collected and scrutinized, following studies on LI, critical and poststructuralist discourse analysis, and “thematic” and “dialogic/performative” analysis within narrative research. Learners established connections betwe…

Nominal Agreement in L2 Speakers of Italian: Suggestions for a Teaching Plan

2021

International audience; This paper addresses the topic of adult acquisition of nominal agreement in Italian, a crucial issue in teaching Italian as Second/Foreign Language. Building on a corpus containing spontaneous and semi-spontaneous production data from two advanced L2-speakers of Italian, I show that nominal agreement can be problematic even in the last stages of the acquisition process. The discussion of the instances of missing agreement in the corpus suggests that these are not due to a missing knowledge of the agreement rules in Italian, but instead on processing and production. In particular, some contexts prove to be more difficult than others: gender agreement (i.e., agreement …

Ragionando sull’insegnamento dell’italiano come lingua non materna

2014

Un’idea di lingua: modelli, teorie e prospettive acquisizionali

2014

La questione del dialogo e della concreta cooperazione tra didattica della L2 e linguistica acquisizionale resta – nella pratica delle classi più che nell’ambito della riflessione teorica – aperta. E resta aperta, se non addirittura problematica, tanto sul piano metodologico (che cosa deve fare un docente per migliorare le capacita naturali di acquisizione?), quanto su quello dei contenuti linguistici che dovrebbero essere parte attiva della competenza del docente (che cosa deve sapere un docente d’italiano come lingua non materna?). L’articolo focalizza l’attenzione sul profilo delle competenze teorico-linguistiche del docente d’italiano come lingua non materna, così come esso è delineato …

Yläkoulun S2-oppilaiden transitiivi-ilmausten käyttö Eurooppalaisen viitekehyksen taitotasoilla

2014

Artikkelissa tarkastelen, miten transitiivi-ilmausten kaytto kehittyy ylakouluikaisten suomi toisena kielena -oppilaiden Eurooppalaisen viitekehyksen (2003) taitotasoille arvioiduissa kirjoitelmissa. Tutkimuksen tavoitteena on selvittaa, miten nuoret kirjoittajat kayttavat yleista ja monikayttoista ilmaustyyppia, transitiivikonstruktiota, oppijansuomessa ja miten konstruktion toteutumat muuttuvat ja varioivat kielitaidon kehittyessa. Tutkimusaineisto koostuu Jyvaskylan yliopiston Cefling-hankkeessa 7.–9.-luokkalaisilta S2-oppilailta keratyista kirjoitelmista, joita analysoin transitiivi-ilmausten taajuuden ja tarkkuuden kannalta. Laadullisen tarkastelun lahtokohtana on kayttopohjainen konst…

Effects of video games : English language learning of girls

2014

Erilaiset kannettavat laitteet ovat lisääntyneet viimeisen muutaman vuoden aikana ja levinneet yleiseen käyttöön. Tämä levinneisyys on johtanut myös siihen, että videopelejä on saatavilla enemmän ja pelaaminen on yleistynyt. Samalla pelaamisen tutkimus on lisääntynyt ja videopelit on havaittu hyödyllisiksi. Toisaalta globaalisaatio ja teknologian kehitys on johtanut siihen, että englanti on tullut osaksi arkea entistä enemmän. Videopelit tarjoavat hauskan ja laajan oppimisympäristön, mutta videopelien vaikutuksia kielenoppimiseen ei kuitenkaan ole tutkittu vielä kovinkaan paljoa. Etenkin tyttöjen pelaamisen tutkiminen on vielä vähäistä, koska perinteisesti ajatellaan, että vain pojat pelaav…

Bilingvālā izglītība pirmsskolā 3-4gadīgu bērnu latviešu kā otrās valodas apguves veicināšanai

2022

Darba autore Iluta Pudule. Darba tēma “Bilingvālā izglītība pirmsskolā 3-4 gadīgu bērnu latviešu kā otrās valodas apguves veicināšanai”. Pētījuma mērķis - izpētīt bilingvālās izglītības pirmsskolās 3-4 gadīgu bērnu latviešu kā otrās valodas apguves veicināšanu. Kvalifikācijas darba uzdevumi: 1.analizēt zinātnisko literatūru par valodas apgūšanu un divvalodību; 2.izpētīt un raksturot 3-4 gadīgu bērnu attīstību un otrās valodas apguves īpatnības; 3.veikt anketēšanu un analizēt datus par latviešu valodas apguvi bilingvālā mācību procesā pirmsskolā. Pētījuma gaitā gūtie rezultāti ļauj secināt, ka divvalodība bērna pašizgaugsmei, pilnvērtīgai, un vispusīgai attīstībai netraucē. Pētījuma daļā tik…

Aspetti della prosodia nell'interlingua di apprendenti vietnamiti di italiano L2: un'ipotesi di trattamento task-based in contesto guidato

2014

E' un fenomeno noto e ampiamente documentato che l'apprendimento delle strutture prosodiche dell'italiano possa subire considerevoli rallentamenti in ragione della distanza tipologica tra L1 e L2 (cfr. inter al. le analisi su parlanti sinofoni in Costamagna 2011). Sulla base di questa assunzione teorica, il presente intervento prende le mosse dall'analisi dell'interlingua di un campione di apprendenti vietnamiti adulti, selezionato nell'ambito dei corsi estivi di italiano L2 presso la Scuola di lingua italiana per stranieri dell'Università di Palermo. L'attenzione sarà, in particolare, focalizzata sui problemi relativi all'acquisizione delle variazioni intonative dell'italiano e, dunque, de…

FACEBOOK AT THE TIME OF "DIGITAL NATIVES": TEACHING SPANISH THROUGH SOCIAL NETWORKS

2015

Language acquisition is a process which is influenced by cognitive, attitudinal, demographic, linguistic and experiential factors. At the time of globalization, structural change occurred with the advent of the technological revolution, the subsequent introduction of innovative tools in teaching, have transformed the concept of learning. At the web's century youngers, "digital natives", are creating a kind of "parallel school" not only to access to knowledge, to collaborate with users and discuss, but also to teach and learn languages through social networks, blogs, fora and communities, as if they were in a virtual classroom. As to the acquisition of Spanish as a L2, analysing the most rec…