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Foreign language learners: words they hear and words they learn: a case study
(Universidad de Sevilla, 2007)
Many studies investigate the plurality of factors that determine the learning of words, but few attempt to analyze the relationship between input and uptake. In the present study the oral input in the foreign language, ...
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Teaching L2 vocabulary through SMS language: some didactic guidelines
(Universidad de Sevilla, 2007)
This article focuses on texting or SMS language, which is nowadays the most popular means of communication for a whole generation of mobile phone users. The introductory section comprises a parameter-based description of ...
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Fair trade: two-way bilingual education
(Universidad de Sevilla, 2007)
One approach to bilingual education that has gained increasing support from parents, educators, and researchers in the United States is one in which English language learners and English proficient students share a classroom ...
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Teaching L2 vocabulary through logic puzzles
(Universidad de Sevilla, 2007)
This article presents the idea of using logic puzzles as a task-based teaching technique in foreign language classrooms to foster second language vocabulary acquisition. The general advantages of using logic puzzles are ...
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Learning styles and lexical presentation modes
(Universidad de Sevilla, 2007)
The present study investigated the effect of two types of teaching methods on the retention of unfamiliar words. Sixty-six university students having either auditory or visual learning styles participated in teaching method ...
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Creating a business word list for teaching business English
(Universidad de Sevilla, 2007)
Foreign language students planning to study business at English-speaking universities have little or no previous training in English for Academic Purposes in general, or in Business English in particular. Nonetheless, these ...
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Storybooks in the young learners’ EFL classroom as a resource for teaching vocabulary
(Universidad de Sevilla, 2007)
In the present paper we discuss the line of enquiry and the progression of a research project funded by the Universidad Complutense, Madrid, aimed at exploring the efficiency of different vocabulary teaching and learning ...
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Personal investment in L2 task design and learning: a case study of two Japanese learners of English
(Universidad de Sevilla, 2007)