The Role of the First Language in Foreign Language Learning

Language ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 651
Author(s):  
Carol Blackshire-Belay ◽  
Håkan Ringbom ◽  
Hakan Ringbom
Author(s):  
Mari Kruse

Kahekümnes sajand oli võõrkeeleõppe jaoks mõneti sama murranguline nagu muudes eluvaldkondades. Tehnika ja ühiskonna areng on loonud olukorra, milles väide „alati on nii tehtud” maksab vähe, kui seda ei põhjendata. Kui keeli on võimalik kodust lahkumata arvuti taga õppida, miks siis selleks klassis istuda? Ja kui kommunikatiivsusel põhinev õpe on ennast tõestanud edasiviivamana kui grammatikareeglite ning sõnade nimekirjade pähe õppimine, nagu varem tavaks oli, milline on siis grammatika ja sõnavara õppimise roll tänapäevases keeletunnis? Artiklis toon välja teadusuuringuid ja keeleteadlaste seisukohti, mis mõtestavad lahti võõrkeeleõpetaja rolli e-ajastul ja juhivad tähelepanu metalingvistilise arutelu edasiviivale rollile õppeprotsessis. Võõrkeele ja emakeele omandamises on olulised erinevused, nagu on erinevad ka lapse ja täis kasvanu kognitiivsed võimed ja vajadused. Grammatikareeglite ja semantika üle arutlemine tõstab teadlikkust ja annab õppijale vahendid ise tõhusamalt õppida.Abstract. Mari Kruse: Foreign language learning as a social, synergetic and conscious process. In foreign language learning, as in other fields of life, the twentieth century proved to be groundbreaking. The development of technology and society has taken us to a point where ”It has always been so” is no longer a valid argument unless supported by other grounds. If we can learn languages in the privacy of our own homes and at our own pace, why bother going to presential lessons? And if communicative language learning has proven to be so much more efficient than memorising of rules and word lists, as was customary earlier, what place do grammar and vocabulary learning have in contemporary language lessons? The article presents evidence from scientific research and linguists’ opinions that substantiate the role of foreign language teachers and call attention to the impelling force metalinguistic reasoning has in the process. There are significant differences between learning a first language and a foreign language; likewise children and adults differ in their cognitive capacities and needs. Reflecting on rules of grammar and semantics raises awareness and provides learners with a powerful tool to improve their learning.Keywords: foreign language learning, role of teachers, metalinguistic reasoning, intralingual comparison, attention, cognitive baggage, self-reflection


1988 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
pp. 460
Author(s):  
Joseph A. Murphy ◽  
Hakan Ringbom

Relay Journal ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 228-235
Author(s):  
Paul J. Moore ◽  
Phil Murphy ◽  
Luann Pascucci ◽  
Scott Sustenance

This paper reports on an ongoing study into the affordances of free online machine translation for students learning English as a foreign language (EFL) at the tertiary level in Japan. The researchers are currently collecting data from a questionnaire, task performance, and interviews with 10-15 EFL learners in an English Language Institute in a university in Japan. The paper provides some background on the changing role of translation in language learning theory and pedagogy, before focusing literature related to technical developments in machine translation technology, and its application to foreign language learning. An overview of the research methodology is provided, along with some insights into potential findings. Findings will be presented in subsequent publications.


Author(s):  
Liudmila Vladimirovna Guseva ◽  
Evgenii Vladimirovich Plisov

The article defnes the role of digital means in foreign language learning, establishes the reasons for the effective use of digital means and digital technologies, identifes challenges in mastering a foreign language in an electronic environment, as well as the prospects for the digitalization of foreign language education. When studying the issues of emergency off-campus learning organization, the results of surveys of teachers and students conducted in April 2020 at Minin University were used. image/svg+xml


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-39
Author(s):  
Liaquat A. Channa ◽  
Daniel Gilhooly ◽  
Charles A. Lynn ◽  
Syed A. Manan ◽  
Niaz Hussain Soomro

Abstract This theoretical review paper investigates the role of first language (L1) in the mainstream scholarship of second/foreign (L2/FL) language education in the context of language learning, teaching, and bilingual education. The term ‘mainstream’ refers here to the scholarship that is not informed by sociocultural theory in general and Vygotskian sociocultural theory in particular. The paper later explains a Vygotskian perspective on the use of L1 in L2/FL language education and discusses how the perspective may help content teachers in (a) employing L1 in teaching L2/FL content and (b) helping L2/FL students to become self-regulative users of the target language.


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