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Process and practice of acquiring a language
Language education refers to the processes and practices of teaching a second or foreign language. Its study reflects interdisciplinary approaches, usually including some applied linguistics. There are four main learning categories for language education: communicative competencies, proficiencies, cross-cultural experiences, and multiple literacies. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Language educationA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: How Does ChatGPT Perform on the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE)? The Implications of Large Language Models for Medical Education and Knowledge AssessmentInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Hard TimesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: ChatGPT for good? On opportunities and challenges of large language models for educationCited 7,336 times
- Go sideways: Outline of second-language acquisitionA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Language pedagogyA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun The teaching of a second or foreign language.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
ChatGPT for good? On opportunities and challenges of large language models for education
Performance of ChatGPT on USMLE: Potential for AI-assisted medical education using large language models
Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) in second language and education research: Guidelines using an applied example
LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION
Education, Language and Identity
Language Ideologies and Heritage Language Education
Language Education
Issues in Language Planning and Language Education
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
Hard TimesCharles Dickens · 1854
The Elements of StyleWilliam Strunk, Jr., E. B. White · 1920
SchachnovelleStefan Zweig · 1943
James and the Giant PeachRoald Dahl · 1961
La ciudad y los perrosMario Vargas Llosa · 1963
The Art of Public SpeakingStephen E. Lucas · 1983
The Little, Brown handbookH. Ramsey Fowler, Jane E. Aaron · 1969
On the art of writingArthur Quiller-Couch · 1916
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🔗 Related topics
- Outline of second-language acquisition The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to second-language acquisition: Second-language acquisition – process by which people…
- Language pedagogy Language pedagogy is the discipline concerned with the theories and techniques of teaching language. It has been described as a type of teaching wherein…
- English as a second or foreign language English as a second or foreign language (ESL or EFL) is the teaching and learning of English by people whose first language is not English. The field includes…
- Bilingual method The bilingual method of foreign language teaching was developed by C.J. Dodson (1967) as a counterpart of the audiovisual method. In both methods the preferred…
- Language immersion Language immersion, or simply immersion, is a technique used in bilingual language education in which two languages are used for instruction in a variety…
- Eclectic approach Eclectic approach is a method of language education that combines various approaches and methodologies to teach language depending on the aims of the lesson…
- Audio-lingual method The audio-lingual method or Army Method is a method used in teaching foreign languages. It is based on behaviorist theory, which postulates that certain…
- Glossary of language education terms Language teaching, like other educational activities, may employ specialized vocabulary and word use. This list is a glossary for English language learning…