Language, Learning and Teaching

Language, Learning and Teaching

Edited by Siu-Lun Lee and Victoria Tuzlukova

ISBN: 978-960-9549-67-7, 284 pages

First published in 2011 by ATINER

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Table of Contents

1.	Language Learning and Teaching: An Introduction Siu-lun Lee and Victoria Tuzlukova	1
Part I: Language Learning and Teaching Strategies
2.	Specific Aptitude for Foreign Language Learning: Musical Intelligence Jerzy Zybert	11
3.	Phonological Awareness of Learners of English as an L₃ Surabhi Bharati	19
4.	Listening Comprehension Strategies and Learning Style in Foreign Language Learning Sarah H.J. Liu	31
5.	Lexical Errors in the Written Compositions of Greek Students of Spanish Kiriakí Palapanidi and María Pilar Agustín Llach	45
6.	Communication Strategies used by Successful and Less Successful Adults Szu-Ling Tseng and Ya-Li Lai	53
7.	Motivational Strategies for the Greek Teachers of English as a Foreign Language Charoula Gkioka	65
8.	Exploring the Relationship between Taiwanese College Students’ Perceived Instructional Styles and their Self-Determination Chiung-Wen Chang	77
Part II: Sociolinguistics and Language Teaching
9.	Cultural, Iconic and Linguistics Determinants used in the Discourse of Advertising in Spanish in the US. Implications and Consequences of Learning Spanish as a Second Language Hilda Velásquez	93
10.	Culture Integration into Foreign Language Teaching: Fostering Identities and Transcending Boundaries Rahma Al-Mahrooqi and Victoria Tuzlukova	109
11.	What are Metaphors telling us? Revealing Language Learners’ Beliefs through Metaphors Julide Inozu and Seden Tuyan	123
12.	Multiculturalism in English Learning and Teaching in Taiwan: A Critical Discourse Analysis Yuhshi Lee, I-Chia Choun and Yi-Ching Hsie	133
Part III: Linguistic Research and Second Language Acquisition
13.	New Prototypes of Syllable Structure for Teaching/Learning Portuguese Sara Candeias and Fernando Perdigão	149
14.	Non-native Students’ Problems in Structuring Argumentative Essays in English at Tertiary Level Monta Farneste	159
15.	Second Language Acquisition (SLA) of English Reflexive and Referring Pronouns by Turkish University Prep-Class Students Gülten Gençoğlu and Yunus Emre Akbana	171
16.	A Study of the Influence of Russian as L₁ on the Learning of the Copula Be in the English Present Tense Simple Elena Anotonova Ünlü and Çiler Hatipoğl	187
17.	Locative Prepositions and their Role in Second Language Acquisition Gunel Mammadova	199
Part IV: Technology and Language Teaching
18.	Prospective EFL Teachers’ Field Experience in an Online Support Community Mei-hui Liu	207
19.	The Perceptions of English Language Teaching Students on English Language Teaching (ELT) Websites Hasan Bedir and Emsal Ates Ozdemir	219
20.	The Role of Computer in Instructing Writing Skills in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) Bahman Gorjian	233
Part V: Evaluation of Language Programs
21.	Implementing Successful Dual-Immersion Bilingual Programs Anne K. Soderman	249
22.	The Classroom Assistant Program: Learning about ESL Teaching Practices Roberta Devlin-Scherer	263
23.	The Problems within the Process of Foreign Language Teaching in Turkish Primary Education System Erten Gökçe and Berna Köseoğlu	271