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Language learning in older adults: Interdisciplinary perspectives 老年人的语言学习:跨学科的观点

IF 3.6 2区文学

Language Teaching Pub Date : 2022-08-19 DOI: 10.1017/S0261444822000325

K. Roehr-Brackin

引用次数: 0

Ecological systems theory and second language research 生态系统理论与第二语言研究

IF 3.6 2区文学

Language Teaching Pub Date : 2022-08-05 DOI: 10.1017/S0261444822000283

Sin Wang Chong, T. Isaacs, Jim McKinley

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引用次数: 7

TESOL teacher educators in higher education: A review of studies from 2010 to 2020 高等教育中的TESOL教师教育者：2010-2020年研究综述

IF 3.6 2区文学

Language Teaching Pub Date : 2022-07-28 DOI: 10.1017/S0261444822000209

R. Yuan, Icy Lee, Peter I. De Costa, Min Yang, Shuwen Liu

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引用次数: 2

Native-speakerism and non-native second language teachers: A research agenda 母语主义与非母语第二语言教师:研究议程

IF 3.6 2区文学

Language Teaching Pub Date : 2022-07-21 DOI: 10.1017/s0261444822000271

Enric Llurda, Júlia Calvet-Terré

引用次数: 3

Explicit and implicit knowledge and learning of an additional language: A research agenda 显性和隐性知识与外语学习:一个研究议程

IF 3.6 2区文学

Language Teaching Pub Date : 2022-07-19 DOI: 10.1017/s026144482200026x

K. Roehr-Brackin

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引用次数: 2

Webinar on the subject of English and applied linguistics 英语与应用语言学网络研讨会

IF 3.6 2区文学

Language Teaching Pub Date : 2022-07-19 DOI: 10.1017/S0261444822000088

H. Widdowson, Seyed Yasin Yazdi-Amirkhiz

引用次数: 0

Best practices for working with heritage language learners in the K-12 language classroom 在K-12语言课堂上与传统语言学习者合作的最佳实践

IF 3.6 2区文学

Language Teaching Pub Date : 2022-07-15 DOI: 10.1017/s0261444822000258

J. Morgan, Mathilda Reckford, L. Fink, Francesca Di Silvio

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Research in foreign language teaching and learning in China (2012–2021) 中国外语教学研究(2012-2021)