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OASIS, the Open Accessible Summaries in Language Studies, has reached their initial goal of 300 research summaries in its database. Here's some of the newest content:

 

New from Language Learning

 

• Different perspectives on heritage language development: Introducing a special issue of Language Learning

• Questionable precision in language aptitude tests may hamper our understanding of individual differences in language acquisition and use

• Is learners’ mental imagery about their future linked to their motivation for language learning?

• How native and nonnative speakers recognize complex words during reading

• Children with developmental language disorder have difficulties with picking up language “rules” from exposure to language

• A simpler task can increase the benefits of error correction for learning a grammatical feature, regardless of aptitude

• Nonnative speakers are more tolerant of unconventional sentences and have “noisier” knowledge of acceptable expressions in a second language

• Bilingual and monolingual speakers produce gestures in synchrony with their speech

 

New from ReCALL

 

• Pronunciation training with podcasts: perception, production, and peer evaluation

 

New from System

 

• Focusing on authorial voice with an integrated framework for teaching EFL writing

 

New from TESOL Quarterly

 

• Reconceptualizing authenticity in TESOL

• Focus on linguistic features during language learner – expert speaker mobile game interactions

• Understanding language teacher leadership from the learners’ perspective

• How do doctoral students publish during their busy candidature?

• Students as emergent leaders in small groups in the language classroom

• Connections between reading identities and social status in early childhood

• Examining how deeply second language learners process written corrective feedback

• Positioning of teacher expertise in TESOL-related curriculum standards

 

Sent in by authors or written in collaboration with authors

• A ‘Task-Induced Involvement’ approach to learning L2 vocabulary

• The quality of teacher-students communication for improving speaking skills

• Most effective ways of teaching L2 requests

• Is meaningful exposure to second language grammar rules sufficient for learning to take place?

• How does the language which shapes educational reform influence classroom practice?

• Can metaphors be analysed to understand language learners’ beliefs about language learning and used to foster more positive attitudes?

• Why do so few English high school students study foreign languages after the compulsory phase?

• Is it possible to learn a grammar rule in a new language without being consciously aware of it?

• The use of literature as a key component of foreign language education

 

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