Blogs about: Language Acquisition

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How to re-start learning a language

Loving Language wrote 10 minutes ago: Get ready to get back on the horse! It’s easy to get off track in one’s language learnin … more →

Tags: Farsi, General Learning, Persian Language, Linguistics, Goals, Learning, learning time, Time Management, Vocabulary

My language learning experiences and how effective they were!

Madhurima Nag wrote 9 hours ago: Language learning experiences have been an integral part of my life till date. However, out of all t … more →

Tags: Teaching arena, Linguistics, English language, Education, Learning

Growing up with English in England

carolinedenonlambert wrote 14 hours ago: playing with a ball in the garden with her father and then looking at the insects and flowers in the … more →

Tags: OU Study, ºôµ¸, TMA 3

Speech: from cooing to conversation.1 comment

Daniel Moyes wrote 1 day ago: With exams looming, I have tried to combine my language acquisition revision with blogging. you can … more →

Tags: academic, English language, Revision, Speech

Researchers Examine Dual Language Early Ed Learners

Katherine Leal Unmuth wrote 4 days ago: Researchers from the Center for Early Care and Early Education Research – Dual Language Learne … more →

Tags: child development, Early Childhood and Preschool, English Language Learners, Immigrants, Research and Methodology, dual language, Center for Early Care and Education - Dual Language Lea

Three Tips for ESL Teachers

LucyRosie wrote 4 days ago: 1. Be Knowledgeable and Prepared As an English teacher, you should know more about English and Langu … more →

Tags: learning a language, esl teacher, ESL, Teaching

CEFR Language Levels - What do they mean?

lang679 wrote 4 days ago: I first came into contact with the CEFR language levels during a semester in Orléans, France, while  … more →

Tags: Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, Orleans, fluency, Spanish language, CEFR, spanish, language

An Interview with Danuta GabryÅ›-Barker2 comments

elinorrobertson wrote 5 days ago: This month we published Danuta GabryÅ›-Barker’s new book The Affective Dimension in Second Lang … more →

Tags: Applied Linguistics, Author, Interview, Language Learning, affectivity, aneta pavlenko, Danuta GabryÅ›-Barker, Jean-Marc Dewaele, Joanna Bielska

Vivian Learns Present Progressive1 comment

Rosemerry wrote 6 days ago: Vivian Learns Present Progressive Finn says to me yesterday, on Mother’s Day, “Mom, when … more →

Tags: mothering, being present, Daughter, Verb Tenses

A Dutch Childhood17 comments

judithkingston wrote 6 days ago: Half Dutch, half British toes. Cute in any language or country. Gezellig (adj): enjoyable, pleasant, … more →

Tags: toddler, toddler, Baby, Bilingualism, sandpit, Biculturalism, Culture, Dutch, language acquisition

The 5 Pillars of Language Learning

Andrew Finan wrote 1 week ago: The 5 Best Ways to Learn a Language There are important principles to learning a language. These pri … more →

Tags: Language Learning

Numeracy in a School for the Deaf

Sally-Jayne wrote 1 week ago: From the time I spent observing and teaching in a school for the Deaf, I found that maths lessons we … more →

Tags: Broad curriculum, BSL / Deaf Awareness, Culture, English, languages, maths 2, BSL, Children, deaf

Mandonese / Cantorin2 comments

Steph wrote 1 week ago: If you speak Cantonese, Mandarin or both, then you know that certain words sound very very similar. … more →

Tags: Hong Kong, Culture, language, Cantonese, Mandarin

A small epiphany with a glass of wine11 comments

kristininholland wrote 1 week ago: Last Friday I attended a friend’s 35th birthday party. Her living room, with tall glass doors … more →

Tags: Learning Dutch, Psychology, thinking in a foreign language a party epiphany

YouTube Knocks Out Television

englishworkshopmexico wrote 1 week ago: YouTube K.O.s T.V. How do you decide who wins in a battle between television and YouTube? How many v … more →

Tags: HOW TO?, tips learn vocabulary

Un gros dodo à Maurice3 comments

timazgha wrote 1 week ago: A trip to Mauritius for the best part of a month in April and May of this year moved our son from hi … more →

Tags: language, Linguistics, multilingualism, child development, Multiculturalism, mauritius, French, English, Body Language

Beatboxing

us wrote 1 week ago: What can beatboxing tell us about language acquisition? Some guys put a beatboxer through an MRI mac … more →

Tags: language acquisition, Audio

How to raise a bilingual child2 comments

fiercelinguist wrote 1 week ago: I think the title of this post is somewhat ironic, because the majority of nations throughout the wo … more →

Tags: Linguistics, Pregnancy, bilingual, first language, minority language, multilingualism, spanish, Spanish language, united states

Dinglish4 comments

judithkingston wrote 2 weeks ago: As you have probably gathered by now, I am Dutch. As a child, I spent some time living in Australia, … more →

Tags: toddler, toddler, language, Child Language Acquisition, Bilingualism, dinglish, Interference


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