Revisiting education, language acquisition, and second language teaching

Author(s):  
Friedrich Patricia
1988 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcel Danesi

The failure of the method notion in second language teaching has been attributed to a series of valid pedagogical and socioeducational factors. The concept of neurological bimodality, which posits that effective language learning in a classroom environment requires the utilization of the perceptual modalities associated with each cerebral hemisphere, offers a more fundamental, neurologically related diagnosis of this failure. This paper looks at the historiography of language teaching theories from the perspective of bimodality, and then concludes with specific suggestions vis-à-vis the kinds of research directions that might empirically substantiate the usefulness of this concept for second language acquisition in a classroom environment.


2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 176
Author(s):  
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ali Rahimi

 Message from Editor Dear Readers,It is a great honor for us to publish August 2016 Vol 6 No 4 of Global Journal of Foreign Language Teaching (GJFLT).Please follow the link below:http://www.gjflt.eu/Global Journal of Foreign Language Teaching welcomes original empirical investigations and comprehensive literature review articles focusing on foreign language teaching and topics related to linguistics. GJFLT is an international journal published quarterly and it is a platform for presenting and discussing the emerging developments in foreign language teaching in an international arena.The scope of the journal includes, but is not limited to; the following major topics: Cultural studies, Curriculum Development and Syllabus Design, Discourse Analysis and Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), General Linguistics, Globalization Studies and world English’s, Independent/Autonomous Learning, Information and Computer Technology in TEFL, Innovation in language, Teaching and learning, Intercultural Education, Language acquisition and learning, Language curriculum development, Language education, Language program evaluation, Language Testing and Assessment, Literacy and language learning, Literature, Mobile Language Learning, Pragmatics, Second Language, Second Language Acquisition, Second Language Acquisition Theory, Digital Literacy Skills, Second Language Learners, Second Language Learning, Second language Pedagogy, Second Language Proficiency, Second Language Speech, Second Language Teaching, Second Language Training, Second Language Tutor, Second language Vocabulary Learning, Teaching English as a Foreign/ Second Language, Teaching Language Skills, Translation Studies, Applied linguistics, Cognitive linguistics.Teachers’ Beliefs and Students’ Experiences, Indonesian University Students’ Vocabulary Mastery, Multiple Language Learning, Idiom Transformation and Modification, Computer-Assisted Language Learning, Writing Achievement, Complex Sentence Structures in Patients with Schizophrenia, and The Effect of Second Life on Speaking Achievement have been included in this issue. The topics of the next issue will be different. We are trying to serve you with our journal with a rich knowledge through which different kinds of topics will be discussed in 2017 issues.We present many thanks to all the contributors who helped us to publish this issue.Best regards,Associate Professor Dr. Ali Rahimi,Editor – in Chief, Bangkok University


2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 01
Author(s):  
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ali Rahimi

Dear Readers,It is the great honor for us to publish sixth issue of Global Journal of Foreign Language Teaching (GJFLT). Global Journal of Foreign Language Teaching welcomes original empirical investigations and comprehensive literature review articles focusing on foreign language teaching and topics related with linguistics. GJFLT is an international journal published quarterly and it is devoted to be a joint platform for presenting and discussing the emerging developments on foreign language teaching in an international arena.The scope of the journal includes, but is not limited to; the following major topics as they relate to: Cultural studies, Curriculum Development and Syllabus Design, Discourse Analysis and Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), General Linguistics, Globalization Studies and world English’s, Independent/Autonomous Learning, Information and Computer Technology in TEFL, Innovation in language, Teaching and learning, Intercultural Education, Language acquisition and learning, Language curriculum development, Language education, Language program evaluation, Language Testing and Assessment, Literacy and language learning, Literature, Mobile Language Learning, Pragmatics, Second Language, Second Language Acquisition, Second Language Acquisition Theory, Digital Literacy Skills, Second Language Learners, Second Language Learning, Second language Pedagogy, Second Language Proficiency, Second Language Speech, Second Language Teaching, Second Language Training, Second Language Tutor, Second language Vocabulary Learning, Teaching English as a Foreign/ Second Language, Teaching Language Skills, Translation Studies, Applied linguistics, Cognitive linguistics.Linguistic clichés, teaching English as a foreign language, corpus-based language teaching, TESOL, language acquisition and elementary literacy teaching topics have been included into this issue. The topics of the next issue will be different. You can make sure that we will be trying to serve you with our journal with a rich knowledge in which different kinds of topics are discussed in 2016 Volume.A total number of ten (10) manuscripts were submitted for this issue and each paper has been subjected to double-blind peer review process by the reviewers specialized in the related field. At the end of the review process, a total number of six (6) high quality research papers were selected and accepted for publication.We present many thanks to all the contributors who helped us to publish this issue. Best regards,Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ali RahimiEditor – in Chief


2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ali Rahimi

Dear Readers It is the great honor for us to publish fifth issue of Global Journal of Foreign Language Teaching The scope of the journal includes, but is not limited to; the following major topics as they relate to: Peer Review Process Computer assisted Language Learning, Cultural studies, Curriculum Development and Syllabus Design, Discourse Analysis and Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA),English for specific purposes, Fluent Teacher Interactions, Foreign Language Teaching Gender studies, General Linguistics, Globalization Studies and world English’s, Independent /Autonomous Learning, Information and Computer Technology in TEFL, Innovation in language, Teaching and learning, Intercultural Education, Language acquisition and learning, Language curriculum development, Language education, Language program evaluation, Language teacher education, Language teaching methodology, Language Testing and Assessment, Literacy and language learning, Literature, Mobile Language Learning, Other FLTAL related issues, Pragmatics, Second Language, Second Language Acquisition, Second Language Acquisition Theory, Second language Audio
Second Language Digital Literacy Skills, Second Language Learners, Second Language Learning, Second language Pedagogy, Second Language Proficiency, Second Language Speech, Second Language Teaching, Second Language Training, Second Language Tutor, Second language Vocabulary LearningTeaching English as a Foreign/ Second Language, Teaching Language Skills TESOL / TESL / TEFL, Translation Studies, Applied linguistics, Cognitive linguistics, Linguistic Model. EFL, test taking, scaffolding, self-perception have been included into this issue. The topics of the next issue will be different. You can make sure that we will be trying to serve you with our journal with a rich knowledge in which different kinds of topics are discussed in 2015 Volume. A total of ten (10) manuscripts were submitted for this issue and each paper has been rigor peer reviewed by the reviewers specialized in the related field. At the end of the review process, a total of five (5) high quality research papers were selected and accepted for publication. We thank all the contributors who helped us to publish this issue. Best regard Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ali RahimiEditor – in Chief


2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ali Rahimi

Message from Editor Dear Readers,It is a great honor for us to publish the sixth issue of Global Journal of Foreign Language Teaching (GJFLT).Please follow the link below:http://sproc.org/ojs/index.php/GJFLTGlobal Journal of Foreign Language Teaching welcomes original empirical investigations and comprehensive literature review articles focusing on foreign language teaching and topics related to linguistics. GJFLT is an international journal published quarterly and it is a platform for presenting and discussing the emerging developments in foreign language teaching in an international arena.The scope of the journal includes, but is not limited to; the following major topics: Cultural studies, Curriculum Development and Syllabus Design, Discourse Analysis and Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), General Linguistics, Globalization Studies and world English’s, Independent/Autonomous Learning, Information and Computer Technology in TEFL, Innovation in language, Teaching and learning, Intercultural Education, Language acquisition and learning, Language curriculum development, Language education, Language program evaluation, Language Testing and Assessment, Literacy and language learning, Literature, Mobile Language Learning, Pragmatics, Second Language, Second Language Acquisition, Second Language Acquisition Theory, Digital Literacy Skills, Second Language Learners, Second Language Learning, Second language Pedagogy, Second Language Proficiency, Second Language Speech, Second Language Teaching, Second Language Training, Second Language Tutor, Second language Vocabulary Learning, Teaching English as a Foreign/ Second Language, Teaching Language Skills, Translation Studies, Applied linguistics, Cognitive linguistics.Linguistic clichés, teaching English as a foreign language, corpus-based language teaching, TESOL, language acquisition and elementary literacy teaching topics have been included in this issue. The topics of the next issue will be different. You can make sure that we will be trying to serve you with our journal with a rich knowledge through which different kinds of topics are discussed in 2016 Volume.We present many thanks to all the contributors who helped us to publish this issue. Best regards,Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ali Rahimi,Editor – in Chief, Bangkok University


2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 627-650
Author(s):  
Gemma Sanz Espinar

Después de que Talmy (1985) y Slobin (2004) identificaran la existencia de tendencias en la conceptualización y la lexicalización de eventos de movimiento en las distintas lenguas, ha habido mucha investigación en esta materia en distintas áreas: Lingüística, Traducción, Adquisición de la Lengua Materna o Extranjera y Didáctica de las lenguas extranjeras. Como señalaba Slobin, la expresión del movimiento puede hacerse según las lenguas mediante la codificación de la trayectoria del movimiento o de la manera del movimiento en el verbo (Talmy), pero este no es el ´unico factor que permite explicitar cierta información o dejar otra implícita y conseguir un enunciado totalmente aceptable en una lengua. Nuestro objetivo es trasladar este tipo de conocimiento léxico a un diccionario sintáctico-combinatorio bilingüe, TACTICOMB, para una clase semántica de verbos que no parece implicar, en sus significados más "literales" ninguna combinatoria restringida (colocaciones), como la que puede verse en la mayoría de diccionarios de combinatoria. After Talmy (1985) and Slobin (2004) highlighted the existence of tendencies in conceptualization and lexicalization of motion events in languages, there has been a lot of research on this topic in different areas: Linguistics, Translation Studies, First and Second Language Acquisition or Second Language Teaching. As Talmy points out, the expression of motion has different tendencies in languages from highlighting the trajectory of motion to highlighting the manner of motion in the verb, but this is not the only factor (linguistic) that allows to make some notions explicit or to keep others implicit, in a discursively acceptable utterance (Slobin). Our aim is to try to transfer this kind of lexical knowledge into a bilingual syntactic-combinatorial dictionary, TACTICOMB, through the class of motion verbs that do not seem to involve, in their “literal” senses, a restricted combinatory (collocations) as appears in many combinatory dictionaries. Après les études de Talmy (1985) et de Slobin (2004) montrant les tendances dans la conceptualisation et la lexicalisation des procès de mouvement dans les langues, il y a eu de nombreuses recherches à ce sujet provenant de la Linguistique, la Traduction, l’Acquisition de la langue maternelle et étrangère ou la Didactique des langues étrangères. Comme le signale Talmy, l’expression du mouvement se fait différemment selon les langues, elles expriment dans le verbe soit la trajectoire, soit la manière du mouvement. Or ce n’est pas le seul facteur qui détermine la confluence d’información sur le mouvement dans un énoncé totalement acceptable dans la langue (Slobin). Notre objectif est de transposer ce type de connaissance lexicale à un dictionnaire syntactico-combinatoire bilingue, TACTICOMB. On l’illustrera pour la classe de verbes de mouvement qui ne semblent pas impliquer de combinatoire restreinte, dans leurs acceptions « littérales », comme c’est le cas pour beaucoup des dictionnaires de combinatoire.


2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ali Rahimi

Dear Readers, It is a great honor for us to publish seventh volume, first issue of Global Journal of Foreign Language Teaching (GJFLT). Global Journal of Foreign Language Teaching (GJFLT) welcomes original empirical investigations and comprehensive literature review articles focusing on foreign language teaching and topics related to linguistics. The journal is an international journal published quarterly and it is a platform for presenting and discussing the emerging developments in foreign language teaching in an international arena. The scope of the journal includes, but is not limited to; the following major topics; cultural studies, curriculum development and syllabus design, discourse analysis and critical discourse analysis (CDA), general linguistics, globalization studies and world English’s, independent/autonomous Learning, Information and computer technology in TEFL, innovation in language, teaching and learning, intercultural education, language acquisition and learning, language curriculum development, language education, language program evaluation, language testing and assessment, literacy and language learning, literature, mobile language learning, pragmatics, second language, second language acquisition, second language acquisition theory, digital literacy skills, second language learners, second language learning, second language pedagogy, second language proficiency, second language speech, second language teaching, second language training, second language tutor, second language vocabulary learning, teaching English as a foreign/ second language, teaching language skills, translation studies, applied linguistics, cognitive linguistics. Metaphors of English as a foreign language, instructors’ ideas on the use of code-switching in EFL in Turkey, relationship between Iranian EFL Teachers' attitudes towards Iranian ''Prospect'' series and their TKT, Test-taking strategies and Iranian EFL learners’ vocabulary and structure test performance, Charles Taylor’s ontological hermeneutics and the question of existence in Marilynne Robinson’s Lila, infants’ word acquisition, bio-cognitive aspects of simple and progressive verb forms usage, learning style preferences of Persian learners and relationship between cultural awareness and Iranian EFL Learners' motivation topics are included in this issue. The topics of the next issue will be different. We are trying to serve you with our journal with a rich knowledge through which different kinds of topics will be discussed in 2017 issues.   We present many thanks to all the contributors who helped us to publish this issue. Best regards, Prof. Dr. Ali Rahimi Editor – in Chief, Bangkok University


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