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Acquisition of French as a Second Language: Do developmental stages correlate with CEFR levels?
(Centre for Applied Language Studies at the University of Jyväskylä, 2012)
This paper contributes to an assessment of the role of grammatical knowledge in the definition of the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference) levels of reference and to a discussion of the relation of the knowledge ...
Book review: Varcasia, Cecilia (ed.). 2011. Becoming multilingual: Language learning and language policy between attitudes and identities. Oxford: Peter Lang.
(Centre for Applied Language Studies at the University of Jyväskylä, 2012)
This is a review of Becoming multilingual: Language learning and language policy between attitudes and identities (Varcasia, Cecilia (ed.). 2011)
Content Domain and Language Competence in Computer-mediated Conversation for Learning
(Centre for Applied Language Studies at the University of Jyväskylä, 2012)
This study addresses the issue of interactional dominance in Teletandem conversations, in which two speakers communicate via video calls and chat and alternatively use their L2, the latter being the native language of the ...
Editorial
(Centre for Applied Language Studies at the University of Jyväskylä, 2012)
If You Get Double the Time: Teaching practices in the “Swedish/English” language subject option in Swedish nine-year compulsory schooling
(Centre for Applied Language Studies at the University of Jyväskylä, 2012)
In Swedish nine-year compulsory schooling, all students are supposed to learn English and at least one additional language, i.e., French, Spanish, or German. As a final option, extra Swedish and/or English classes, often ...
In Search of Lost Language: A longitudinal study into trainee teacher motivation and the reactivation of lapsed language skills
(Centre for Applied Language Studies at the University of Jyväskylä, 2012)
Trainee language teachers require a high standard of subject knowledge for their intense training programme and frequently find it difficult to balance the need to maintain their language proficiency with the more urgent ...
Language students and emerging identities
(Centre for Applied Language Studies at the University of Jyväskylä, 2012)
The aim of our article is to study written narratives as a way of expressing emerging identities as second language (L2) users. We compare narratives written by Finnish students of Swedish during their first semester (24 ...
New Challenges to Motivate Remedial EFL Students to Read Extensively
(Centre for Applied Language Studies at the University of Jyväskylä, 2012)
Although one of the keys to improving language ability lies in the continuous and prolonged exposure to the target language, providing learners with the opportunities in the EFL environment is not easy. For Japanese learners ...
Similarities between Playing World of Warcraft and CLIL
(Centre for Applied Language Studies at the University of Jyväskylä, 2012)
This article argues that playing World of Warcraft (WoW) and Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) have a number of similar features. We base our argument on findings from three studies. The first (Sylvén 2004/2010) ...
Teacher-researchers Exploring Design-based Research to Develop Learning Designs in Higher Education Language Teaching
(Centre for Applied Language Studies at the University of Jyväskylä, 2012)
Due to constant changes and developments of the 21st century societies and working life, the environments in which learning takes place have changed. Novel ways to research learning in those environments and to explore how ...