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?Kumar, Thirumalaikolundu Rose – Online Submission, 2020
I have been interested in the study of language since I was a very young kid, and this caused me to give up everything else just to focus on the study of language. Applied linguistics has specifically been my passion and blessing, and every now and then I prepare a bibliography of research on applied linguistics for people who are interested in…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Language Research, Language Usage, Interpersonal Communication
Flores, Nelson; Rosa, Jonathan – Language Learning, 2023
Conceptualizations of competence that permeate applied linguistics systematically fail to account for the role of racialization in language learning and assessments thereof. To interrogate the racialization of linguistic competence, we first examine its discursive emergence in conjunction with the ideological construction of linguistic homogeneity…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Whites, Racial Factors, Disproportionate Representation
Pinter, Annamaria – Applied Linguistics, 2014
Children's status as research participants in applied linguistics has been largely overlooked even though unique methodological and ethical concerns arise in projects where children, rather than adults, are involved. This article examines the role of children as research participants in applied linguistics and discusses the limitations of…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Research, Children, Participation
Hiver, Phil; Al-Hoorie, Ali H.; Evans, Reid – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2022
A quarter of a century has passed since complex dynamic systems theory was proposed as an alternative paradigm to rethink and reexamine some of the main questions and phenomena in applied linguistics and language learning. In this article, we report a scoping review of the heterogenous body of research adopting this framework. We analyzed 158…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Language Research, Applied Linguistics, Language Acquisition
Benson, Phil – Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning, 2019
George Herbert Mead was an early-twentieth century American psychologist, who work on social psychology has been especially influential in sociology. Although Mead wrote a good deal on language, his work has had much less influence on linguistics and applied linguistics. Outlining key ideas from Mead's work on the emergence of language and mind…
Descriptors: Linguistics, Interpersonal Relationship, Language Acquisition, Psychology
Ellis, Elizabeth Margaret; Sims, Margaret – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2022
A key factor that has been found to be critical in shaping family language policy is parents' linguistic identities, or "parents' personal experiences with bilingualism, biculturalism or second language learning" (King, Kendall A. & Lyn Fogle. 2006. Bilingual parenting as good parenting: Parents' perspectives on family language…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Parent Attitudes, Family Environment, Language Usage
Hummel, Kirsten M. – John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2021
"Introducing Second Language Acquisition: Perspectives and Practices" provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the main concepts, issues, and debates in second language acquisition studies. This introductory textbook is aimed specifically at students encountering the topic for the first time. Each chapter offers a modern layout…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Skill Development, Code Switching (Language)
Seedhouse, Paul; Knight, Dawn – Applied Linguistics, 2016
There is currently an explosion in the number and range of new devices coming onto the technology market that use digital sensor technology to track aspects of human behaviour. In this article, we present and exemplify a three-stage model for the application of digital sensor technology in applied linguistics that we have developed, namely,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Applied Linguistics, Man Machine Systems, Measurement Equipment
Pennycook, Alastair – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2010
Critical directions in applied linguistics can be understood in various ways. The term "critical" as it has been used in "critical applied linguistics," "critical discourse analysis," "critical literacy" and so forth, is now embedded as part of applied linguistic work, adding an overt focus on questions of power and inequality to discourse…
Descriptors: Social Life, Sociolinguistics, Applied Linguistics, Social Sciences
Wenzhong, Zhu; Muchun, Wan – English Language Teaching, 2015
Second language acquisition (SLA) as a sub-branch of applied linguistics has been researched by Chinese and foreign scholars for over 40 years, but few researches have been done on its implications for Business English teaching which needs more language teaching theories to support. This paper makes a review of related studies, and puts forward a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Acquisition, English (Second Language), English Instruction
Tavarez DaCosta, Pedro – Online Submission, 2019
The following work consists of a comparative research of two of the most outstanding immersion programs for foreign languages (Russian/English) that Dominican college students have ever undergone. The first one, happened decades ago in the cold distant Union of Soviet Socialist Republic where thousands of our students were sent as scholarship's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Russian
Wen, Zhisheng; Biedron, Adriana; Skehan, Peter – Language Teaching, 2017
Foreign language (FL) aptitude generally refers to a specific talent for learning a foreign or second language (L2). After experiencing a long period of marginalized interest, FL aptitude research in recent years has witnessed renewed enthusiasm across the disciplines of educational psychology, second language acquisition (SLA) and cognitive…
Descriptors: Language Aptitude, Second Language Learning, Linguistic Theory, Educational Psychology
Shar, Liz, Comp.; Bauman, Jim, Comp. – Linguistic Society of America, 2016
In an effort to document demographic changes in the academic linguistics community, the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) has commissioned an annual report detailing information about job titles, students, degrees awarded, average salaries, and more. The report offers information about trends in student enrollment and employment by industry.…
Descriptors: Linguistics, Higher Education, Employment, Group Membership
Kubanyiova, Magdalena – Modern Language Journal, 2015
Understanding the relationship between teachers' use of language in teacher-led discourse (TLD; Toth, 2008) and opportunities for L2 development is a well-established area of SLA research. This study examines one teacher's role in creating such opportunities in TLD in her EFL classes in a state secondary school by examining the inner resources…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Classroom Techniques, Second Language Instruction
Tejada Reyes, Lic Venecia – Online Submission, 2015
Among the new and multiple demands from contemporary society, framed in a global context of constant changes and advances, one of the most outstanding needs in recent years is the early acquisition of a second language. It is commonly known that, when starting the process of learning a second language or L2 being in adulthood, the results are not…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency, Psycholinguistics