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  2. Comprehensible output - Wikipedia

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    Another difficulty with CO is that pushing students to speak in a second language may be uncomfortable for them, raising the affective filter and thus hampering acquisition. When asked which aspects of foreign language learning caused them the most anxiety, students placed speaking in the foreign language at the top of the list. [ 5 ]

  3. Glossary of language education terms - Wikipedia

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    A phenomenon in language learning where the first language interferes with learning the target or foreign language. Interlanguage The language a learner uses before mastering the foreign language; it may contain features of the first language and the target language as well as non-standard features. Interlocutor

  4. Lurker - Wikipedia

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    In a study that addressed lurking in E-learning, scholars found evidence that lurking is a helpful type of participation in online courses. Students said that the most common reasons they lurked before posting were to discover a message to reply to, to identify a model to adopt, to bypass providing a similar reply, and to acquire knowledge ...

  5. Silent period - Wikipedia

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    Strategies teachers can use to help children who are in the silent period include: asking the child to teach you words in their language, having children draw a picture of their family and then asking them for details, watching the children on the playground to see if there is any verbalization outside of the classroom, having the children use their bodies to mime what they want to communicate ...

  6. English as a second or foreign language - Wikipedia

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    The term can be a misnomer for some students who have learned several languages before learning English. The terms "English language learners" (ELL), and, more recently, "English learners" (EL), have been used instead, and the students' native languages and cultures are considered important. [2]

  7. Bilingual Education Act - Wikipedia

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    As a result of NCLB and its emphasis on testing, the Bilingual Education Act was renamed the English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement Act. The name change alone of BEA under NCLB is significant in that it signals a shift in the philosophical approach to bilingual education.

  8. Interaction hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    In psycholinguistics, the interaction hypothesis is a theory of second-language acquisition which states that the development of language proficiency is promoted by face-to-face interaction and communication. [1] Its main focus is on the role of input, interaction, and output in second language acquisition. [2]

  9. Acculturation model - Wikipedia

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    This acquisition process takes place in natural contexts of majority language settings. The main suggestion of the theory is that the acquisition of a second language is directly linked to the acculturation process, and successes are determined by the extent to which they can orient themselves to the target language culture. [3]