The purpose of this paper is to understand, from a psycholinguistics approach, how a foreign language may be understood at least partly on the basis of knowledge of one’s native language and perhaps on other languages one has previously learnt. An…
This paper reports on a study to be conducted to explore to what extent the use of the Interactive Whiteboards (IWBs) affects classroom interaction in an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) context. The participants will be Turkish preparatory class…
High standards are intended in all curriculum guidelines and it is not different in most of the guidelines. In this paper, the language arts curriculum is put under the spotlight and an in-depth analysis is provided on most benchmarks. Many …
The phenomenon of multilingualism has increased in the last years in Europe, supported by the initiatives undertaken by the Council of Europe (2006), which encourage intercultural communication and multilingualism as key policy goals in the European…
The analysis proposed, although based on the Theory of Error Analysis (Corder 1960’s), tends to establish a different way of approaching language errors (Theodoropoulou & Papanastasiou: 2001, Theophanopoulou – Kontou: 2001, Christidis: 1987, Brown:…
Special Education program is implemented in each and every US Kindergarten thru 12 public schools and it is the major educational program that is subject to extra funding. In this review, instructional aspects of Special Education Program…
Instructional aspects of ESL/Bilingual Education Program currently implemented in K thru 12 US Public School System that may be applicable to educational systems of other regions and countries are discussed within the context of Legally Enforced…
The viability of task-based language teaching (TBLT) for primary school learners in Japan is a controversial issue. Some teachers and teacher educators are doubtful about using tasks because primary school children have very limited productive…
The use of emerging technologies in and out of the classroom is changing the ways in which we interact with our students. Using different tools is key to interacting with students in new ways and this is especially relevant when trying to reach out…
The frequency's applied linguistics to the study of corpora - already found in classical tradition - can offer itself as an ancillary tool to stylistic interpretation and con-tent production of a literary author. The proposed contribution intends…