scholarly journals QUESTIONING FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING IN ISLAMIC PRE-SCHOOL

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rohmani Nur Indah
Keyword(s):  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Early Age ◽  
Arabic And English ◽  
Children Education ◽  
Bilingual Learning

This paper questions the urgency of foreign language learning at early age by covering some arguments on the acquisition and bilingualism. Nowadays in Indonesia, under the interest of education, bilingual learning is undertaken by adopting the theory of bilingual acquisition referring to Chomsky’s ideas. In fact, the foreign language learning is not always in line with the principle of language acquisition especially for the early age children. The globalization era requires foreign language mastery so that for many institutions of children education have got the bilingual learning. As the example, some of Islamic educational institutions at the level of playgroup have applied the instruction in English and teaching Arabic words, by considering that the earlier foreign language learning is the better, and the fact that the golden age of brain development occurs at the first five years. This needs to be analyzed further, because there is also important task to have mother tongue language acquisition. For the community of multilingual such as in Indonesia, the acquisition of many languages is unavoidable. Therefore, parents are faced with two choices: To prior the mother tongue and bahasa Indonesia as second language or encourage the bilingual learning of Arabic and English.

scholarly journals Foreign Language Learning Process at an Early Age and Its Impact on the Native Language Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Shqipe Husaj
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Classroom Management ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Native Language ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Early Age

Perhaps the most complex question risen among linguists, psychologists and philosophers is how a child learns foreign language? Considering that language learning is natural and that babies are born with the ability to learn it since learning begins at birth, still Language learning (be it native or foreign) is a process that is not simple and short. It takes time, patience and self-discipline. Independent from some internal and external factors that are found inside and outside of every learner and which differ from each and every person this process has its pros and cons. A foreign (English) language learning at an early age has evolved considering modern technologies and methodologies used by individual learners and teachers. The earlier the language is learnt the more fluent the speaker is, but what happens to the mother tongue? Is the child well understood by the community, school teachers and friends? What is the progress of that child at school, what are psychological effects of technology used in the process of learning a language, what is the best age to learn a foreign language? , etc. These and many other questions will be discussed in this paper. The findings of this paper are assumed to also identify teachers’ perceptions about the main challenges they face during the classroom management with foreign language speakers in the classroom, the strategies they use, parents’ attitude toward this and also to find out some steps that parents and native language teachers should take to improve the situation.

scholarly journals Foreign language learning and education in minority circumstances. Problems and possible solutions

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-41
Author(s):  
Szilvia Batyi
Keyword(s):  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Language Education ◽  
The State ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Foreign Language Acquisition

Some form of bi- and multilingualism means the naturallingual condition for more than the half of the population of the Earth. It is a substantial linguistic aim of the Transcarpathian Hungarian community that beside preservation of their mother tongue (the Hungarian), acquire the state language (the Ukrainian language) and the basis of at least one world language. But this aim is hindered by a lot of things in Transcarpathia. The goal of the study isto shed light on these problems and to find possible solutions based on two researches. The first research, which was carried out in the Tanscarpathian Hungarian schools, was to reveal the conditions and problems of foreign language education. The research threwlight on numerous problems that approve the low level of foreign language knowledge of the Tanscarpathian Hungarian youth. Attitudes and stereotypes influence the success of foreign language acquisition. For this reason in the second part of the study I would like to show, what kind of stereotypes and attitudes can be discovered in the parents (who are lay linguistically and language pedagogically) concerning foreign languages, and within this especially concerning the English language. It appears from the interviews, that nor the attitudes of the state towards foreign languages that was inherited from the soviet system, neither the impassiveness of the parents improves the positive attitudes in the Transcarpathian Hungarian students towards foreign languages, and nor the state, neither the parents approve the motivation of foreign language acquisition.

scholarly journals The modality of tandem learning as an aspect of a contemporary trend in foreign language learning: The example of the HelloTalk mobile app

2020 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 361-375
Author(s):  
Tijana Gajić ◽  
Neda Maenza
Keyword(s):  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Development Of Language ◽  
Tandem Learning

The paper highlights contemporary trends in foreign language acquisition which systematically enhance communicative abilities, contributing to the development of language skills in a creative and innovative manner. One of the leading trends is reflected in the modality of mutual learning, which is increasingly used and involves the interaction of two persons willing to teach each other their mother tongue. The paper looks at the possibilities of acquiring a foreign language using the HelloTalk mobile app, based on tandem learning and the communicative approach. The social interactions involved in problem solving through partnership enable each student to expand their zone of further development, making the topic of this paper significant in a pedagogical context. A study carried out with the aim of assessing students' attitudes to the use of this language acquisition tool is presented in the paper. Quantitative and qualitative methods were used. Data were collected using an online survey and also through focus group discussions. The findings suggest that one of the major advantages of learning a foreign language in this way is the partial or total reduction of language barriers, as well as the absence of anxiety and nervousness, which frequently accompany communication in a foreign language. The findings confirm that the HelloTalk mobile app, although appealing in language learning, is not widely used among the student population in Serbia due to students' lack of free time and their insufficient engagement, which is required in tandem learning.

scholarly journals TOTAL PHYSICAL RESPONSE: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS AND GENERAL PRINCIPLES

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-83
Author(s):  
Biljana Radić-Bojanić
Keyword(s):  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Language Instruction ◽  
Foreign Language Instruction ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Physical Response ◽  
Materials Used

The focus of this paper is one of the methods of foreign language learning called Total Physical Response, which falls in line with neurolinguistic principles and naturalness of language acquisition. In the paper we identify the neurolinguistic background on which this method of foreign language instruction rests, namely we discuss how the acquisition of the mother tongue is mirrored in Total Physical Response – the teacher uses imperatives and body movements, which students then imitate, just like children observe their parents speaking and doing things. Furthermore, we discuss the role of left and right hemispheres of the brain in Total Physical Response and how this method develops and emphasizes the creative, physical side of language acquisition thus avoiding simultaneous reception and production. In addition, we also try to present some of the principles that teachers rely on in the teaching process and types of the TPR method in the classroom, depending on the materials used. Finally, we attempt to identify certain drawbacks of this method, which essentially present its limitations.

What we have to explain in foreign language learning

1996 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 718-718 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Bley-Vroman
Keyword(s):  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Language Development ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Theory ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Fundamental Difference ◽  
Human Cognition ◽  
Development Theory

AbstractWhile child language development theory must explain invariant “success,” foreign language learning theory must explain variation and lack of success. The fundamental difference hypothesis (FDH) outlines such a theory. Epstein et al. ignore the explanatory burden, mischaracterize the FDH, and underestimate the resources of human cognition. The field of second language acquisition is not divided into camps by views on “access” to UG.

scholarly journals Christopher Brumfit Award 2014

2015 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 433-433
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Quality Of Presentation

The Editor and Board of Language Teaching are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2014 Christopher Brumfit thesis award is Dr Hilde van Zeeland. The thesis was selected by an external panel of judges based on its significance to the field of second language acquisition, second or foreign language learning and teaching, originality and creativity and quality of presentation.

scholarly journals AL-AKHTHA’ FII IKTISAB AL-TSUNAIYAT AL-SHUGHRA

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Miftahul Huda
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Error Analysis ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Minimal Pair ◽  
Minimal Pairs ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Child Age

Language acquisition starts from the ability of listening basic letter(iktisab al-ashwat) since child age. The letter of a language is limited in number, and sometimes there is similarity of letters among languages. The similarity of letters in two languages make it easy to learn the language. On the contrary, the obstacle of language learning can be caused by different letters between two languages (mother tongue and second/foreign language). The problem may be caused by minimal pairs (tsunaiyat al-shughro). This research aims at finding out the error of minimal pair acquisition, with the subject of Indonesian students in Jami’ah Malik Saud Saudi Arabia, with the method of error analysis. The study concludes that in iktisab al-ashwat of minimal pairs, the error is around 3,3 %-58,3%. Second: the error on minimal pairs occurs on the letters shift ?? ?? ? to be ? , letter ? to be ? , letter ? to be ? , letter ? to be ? , letter ? to be ?? , and letter ? to be ?.

scholarly journals Tracks for Russian university students’ multilingual development within remote education during the pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 217-233
Author(s):  
Anastasia Atabekova ◽  
Alexander Belousov ◽  
Oleg Yastrebov
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
University Students ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Translation ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
University Education ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Language Courses

The chapter explores language and non-language university students’ practices of foreign language learning within the unscheduled shift to remote studies in Russia due to the COVID-19 emergency. The RUDN University Law Institute experience is considered as an example. The paper explores common and specific features of foreign language, translation, and interpreting skills training within the Law Institute language and non-language programmes. The research rests on the case study methodology, considered from the policy-making and managerial point of view. The findings reveal both common features and specificities of multilingual university education of non-language and language students. The study also confirms the need for the educational institutions to draft specific guidelines on language courses implementation for different target audiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Adult And Child Learning Second Language Differences

2021 ◽  
Vol 03 (01) ◽  
pp. 38-44
Author(s):  
Dilrabo Babakulova ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Language Differences ◽  
Short Period ◽  
Child Learning

Second Language Acquisition (SLA) is one of the debatable topics regarding to speed and effectiveness in adults or children foreign language learning. There have been several researches to solve the issue; however, the results are different and contradicting. In this research two volunteers participated in three staged survey which showed children’s priority in acquiring foreign language in a short period of time.

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