8 articles for “Foreign Language Teaching”

Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleTeaching Strategies and Class Practices of the Teachers who Teach Turkish as a Foreign Language (A Qualitative Research)Ali GocerProblem statement: In the globalizing world, second language/foreign language has gained a great importance. The importance of the foreign language teaching has increased in our time in which knowing a foreign language has deviated from being a specialty and become a feature that everyone must have. For that purpose, teachers must know the characteristics of the learners very well and … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2008 · 7,772 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsWhy Construction Grammar Catches the Worm and Corpus Data can Drive you Crazy: Accounting for Idiomatic and Non-Idiomatic IdiomaticityThomas HerbstThis article outlines why the treatment of idiomatic elements in language in terms of constructions can be considered a real step forward in the understanding of the character of language. It is argued that construction grammar provides a theoretical basis for accommodating insights into the phraseological character of language that were gained in a number of fields such as corpus … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 3 · 11 Sep 2015 · 8,788 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractDevelopment and Assessment of the English Grammar Asynchronous Online Learning Module before Being Applied in Real LessonAnthony Anggrawan, Christofer SatriaCurrently the orientation of higher education in Indonesia has shifted to online-based education. Unfortunately not all universities are ready to implement asynchronous online teaching. The question is whether the developed asynchronous online teaching module can meet the desired quality qualifications. Therefore the objective of this study is to conduct an assessment of the asynchronous online learning module before it is … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 16, Issue 11 · 7 Nov 2020 · 7,290 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractDesigning of Polylingual Personality Formation in a Modern Comprehensive SchoolBagdat Toibekova, Zhamilya Torybaeva, Gulzhan Abdullina et al.Today new content, new approaches, new right, other relations are offered. The content of education is enriched by new procedural skills, capacity of operating information and creative solution to the problems of science and practice with an emphasis on individualization of educational programs. In conditions of a multicultural and multiethnic environment before national school there is an important task-teaching schoolchildren … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 11 · 2 Nov 2016 · 7,269 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractCAUSAL CONSTRUCTIONS WITH AN ADJECTIVE IN GERMAN AND FRENCH: TYPOLOGICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL CONSIDERATIONSSabine De KnopThe study explores the variety of causal constructions with an adjective in French and German, as they are realized in French Pierre est rouge de colère (‘Peter is red with anger’), German Maria ist gelb vor Eifersucht (‘Maria is yellow with jealousy’), French Il est fou d’amour (lit. ‘He is crazy of love’), or French Anne est morte de faim … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 3 · 23 Aug 2015 · 7,981 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractContrastive Analysis of Stretched Collocations with Get and Take: Their use and Pedagogical ImplicationsSilvia Molina PlazaThis paper explores the pedagogical implications of contrastive analyses of light verb constructions containing get and take in English and Spanish based on electronic corpora, the British National Corpus (BNC) and the Corpus de Referencia del Español Actual (CREA). The main tenets of collocations from a contrastive perspective-and the points of contact and departure between both languages-are discussed prior to … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 3 · 23 Jul 2015 · 8,092 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractConstructions in the Classroom: Examples of a Phraseodidactic Approach for the Teaching of L2 FrenchAmanda EdmondsLanguage learners and language teachers alike have long recognized the fact that there is more to learning a second language than simply learning grammar and vocabulary words. Such an approach misses the fact that there are certain sequences that are preferred by the native speaker, despite the very large number of possible formulations in any given language. Many terms have … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 3 · 15 Jul 2015 · 7,906 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractDemotivating Factors for English Language Learning Among University StudentsReyhaneh Ghadirzadeh, Fariba Pourabolfathe Hashtroudi, Omid ShokriProblem statement: Demotivation is a relatively new issue in the field of second/foreign Language (L2) learning motivation. Recognizing and removing barriers can have a marked effect on motivation and attention to learning in general and ESL/EFL learning in particular. Demotivating factors are essential factors which negatively influence the learner’s attitudes and behaviors and hence lead to undesired learning outcomes. The … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 2 · 21 Feb 2012 · 11,929 accessesView PDF Cite