- Reason: 68
- There are many common features in all languages, and in learning languages once learners master some of the basics, they can apply their knowledge about languages in general and their learning strategies to further languages
- Reference:
- Skutnabb-Kangas, T. (2002) Why should linguistic diversity be maintained and supported in Europe? Some arguments (Strasbourg: Council of Europe)
- Related Keywords:
- Language awareness, Learning strategies
- Reason: 205
- Language learning viewed as developing communicative competence requires language learners to develop a wide range of skills and competencies from linguistic skills to sociolinguistic, cognitive, semantic, functional and strategic skills
- Reference:
- King, A., Honeybone, A. (2000) ‘The language of graduate skills’ in King, A. (ed) Languages and the Transfer of Skills (London: CILT), pp. 14-31
- Related Keywords:
- Academic skills, Communication, Language learning skills, Learning strategies
- Reason: 304
- Plurilingual and pluricultural competence promotes the development of linguistic and communication awareness, and even metacognitive strategies which enable the social agent to become more aware of and control his or her own spontaneous ways of handling tasks and in particular their linguistic dimension. In addition, this experience of plurilingualism and pluriculturalism: exploits pre-existing sociolinguistic and pragmatic competences which in turn develops them further; leads to a better perception of what is general and what is specific concerning the linguistic organisation of different languages; by its nature refines knowledge of how to learn and the capacity to enter into relations with others and new situations
- Reference:
- Council of Europe (2001) Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press)
- Related Keywords:
- Communication, Intercultural competence, Key skills, Language awareness, Learning, Learning strategies, Linguistics, Multilingualism
- Reason: 369
- By its very nature the study of a foreign language adds a distinctive dimension of its own: It exposes learners to new experiences and enables them to make connections in a way which would not otherwise be possible, and this in itself deepens their understanding of their mother tongue; Operating with a more limited stock of language both brings out the need for strategies for communication and makes learners more conscious of the meaning of words and the structure of sentences; The sounds and intonation patterns of the foreign language present a challenge to learners' capacity to discriminate and imitate
- Reference:
- The Department of Education and Science; Welsh Office (1990) Modern Foreign Languages for Ages 11 to 16 (London: HMSO)
- Related Keywords:
- Communication, English Mother Tongue, Language awareness, Learning strategies, Personal and social development, Secondary sector, Uniqueness
- Reason: 410
- As students progress through their education at school, a modern language will be of benefit to their personal and educational development in a variety of ways. It will allow them to establish contact with people of their own age who speak other languages and to access information from other cultures. It will help them thereby to understand that experience of the world through another language can be just as 'real' and 'valid' as experience of the world through English. It will offer them the positive experience of developing an entirely new mode of understanding and expression and an opportunity to acquire an explicit understanding of what the components of language are and how these may be manipulated for different purposes. It will allow them to derive cognitive benefits through problem-solving, memorisation, recall, making connections, attending to detail and pragmatic strategies. All of these are basic transferable skills that can be activated or enhanced through a modern language. Learning a modern language will help students to develop strategies for learning and using language that will assist them not only with their current modern language but with others also that they may subsequently learn. It will encourage them to appreciate and participate in cultural and linguistic diversity
- Reference:
- Scottish Executive, Ministerial Action Group on Languages (2000) Citizens of a Multilingual World: Key Issues (www.scotland.gov.uk-library3-education-mwki-07.asp)
- Related Keywords:
- Culture, Diversity, Intercultural competence, Key skills, Language awareness, Learning strategies, Networking, Personal and social development, Problem solving, Secondary sector, Understanding
- Reason: 432
- In common with the study of the mother tongue, the study of modern foreign languages contributes to the whole school curriculum by:... Inculcating valuable study skills: attention to general and detailed meaning in listening and reading; predicting, selecting, comparing and interpreting information; and memorisation;
- Reference:
- The Department of Education and Science; Welsh Office (1990) Modern Foreign Languages for Ages 11 to 16 (London: HMSO)
- Related Keywords:
- Academic skills, Language learning skills, Learning strategies, Secondary sector
- Reason: 489
- Modern Foreign Languages provides opportunities for pupils to develop the key skill of:.. Improving their own learning and performance, through developing their ability to rehearse and redraft work to improve accuracy and presentation, and through developing learning strategies such as memorising, dealing with the unpredictable, and using reference materials
- Reference:
- DFEE, QCA (1999) Modern Foreign Languages: The National Curriculum for England (London: HMSO)
- Related Keywords:
- Academic skills, Key skills, Learning strategies, Secondary sector
- Reason: 700
- Learning another language improves your educated guesswork
- Reference:
- undergraduate: IWLP
- Related Keywords:
- Learning, Learning strategies
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