Category Archives: SLA

Annotated Bibliography Entry for McLoughlin & Lertola’s Audiovisual Translation in Second Language Acquisition

MCLOUGHLIN, L.; LERTOLA, J. (2014). Audiovisual Translation in Second Language Acquisition: Integrating subtitling in the foreign-language curriculum. The interpreter and Translator Trainer, 8(1), 70-83. As translation is regaining importance as a foreign language teaching tool, and it can be included … Continue reading

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Annotated Bibliography Entry for Williams & Thorne’s The value of teletext subtitling as a medium for language learning

WILLIAMS, H.;  THORNE, D. (2000). The value of teletext subtitling as a medium for language learning. System, 28, 217-228. Learning to subtitle interlingually is a complicated process, just as learning a second language is complicated. This article describes a pilot … Continue reading

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Annotated Bibliography Entry for Horwitz’s Cultural and situational influences on foreign language learners’ beliefs about language learning

HORWITZ, E. K.  (1999). Cultural and situational influences on foreign language learners’ beliefs about language learning: a review of BALLI studies. System, 27(4), 557-578 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0346251X99000500# Language teachers must understand learners’ beliefs about language learning in order to understand what are … Continue reading

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Annotated Bibliography on Aljaafreh & Lantolf’s Negative Feedback and ZPD

Eva Jin Aljaafreh, A., & Lantolf, J. P. (1994). Negative feedback as regulation and second language learning in the zone of proximal development. The Modern Language Journal, 78(4), 465-483. This paper, published in 1994, is not outdated in 2016. Alijaafreh and … Continue reading

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Webinar – Integrating Theories and Practice in L2 Writing Instruction by Yiwei Jin

Integrating Theories and Practice in L2 Writing Instruction  4/22/16 Presenter: Yiwei Jin This video presentation discusses how theory and practice for L2 Writing Instruction in China is developed in an unbalanced manner. While L2 writing research explores the most recent … Continue reading

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Webinar – Intercultural Teaching Materials for Cultural Awareness by Diogo Oliveira

Intercultural Teaching Materials for Cultural Awareness 4/18/16 Presenter: Diogo Oliveira This video presentation argues that language and culture are not separate entities to be dealt with individually in the language classroom, but rather language teaching materials should be developed with … Continue reading

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Annotated Bibliography Entry for Oxford & Nyiko’s Learning Strategies

Oxford, R., & Nyikos, M. (1989). Variables Affecting Choice of Language Learning Strategies by University Students. The Modern Language Journal, 73, 291-300. According to Oxford, second language learning strategies are specific actions, behaviors or techniques learners use to improve their … Continue reading

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Annotated Bibliography Entry for Pinsonneault’s Authentic Input

Pinsonneault, B.C. (2008). Authentic input in early second language learning (Masters Theses). Retrieved from Scholarworks@UMass Amherst. The dissertation examines if authentic material leads to acquisition of vocabulary and agreement in number and gender in Spanish for a group of second … Continue reading

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Annotated Bibliography on O’Malley and Chamot’s Learning Strategies in SLA

Annotated Bibliography on O’Malley, J. M., & Chamot, A. U. (1990). Learning strategies in second language acquisition (pp. 114-150). Cambridge University Press. By Eva Jin Learning strategies in second language acquisition is a book concerning the application of cognition in SLA, or … Continue reading

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Annotated Bibliography Entry for Ortega’s Syntactic complexity measures and their relationship to L2 proficiency: A research synthesis of college‐level L2 writing

Annotated Bibliography Ortega, L. (2003). Syntactic complexity measures and their relationship to L2 proficiency: A research synthesis of college‐level L2 writing. Applied linguistics, 24(4), 492-518. Eva Jin While syntactic complexity is one of the traditional criteria to measure L2 writing … Continue reading

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