Oxford (1996) Language Learning Strategies Around the World Cross-Cultural Perspectives

PRAGMATICS This technical report includes three contributions to the
OF study of the pragmatics of Japanese:

JAPANESE AS • A bibliography on speech act performance, discourse
NATIVE AND management, and other pragmatic and sociolinguistic features of
TARGET Japanese;
LANGUAGE
• A study on introspective methods in examining Japanese
GABRIELE KASPER learners' performance of refusals;
(Editor)
• A longitudinal investigation of the acquisition of the particle ne
by nonnative speakers ofJapanese.

125 pp.

(SLTCC Technical Report #3) ISBN 0-8248-1462-2 $l0.

A BIBLIOGRAPHY This technical report includes four types of bibliographic
OF information on translation and interpretation studies:

PEDAGOGY & • Research efforts across disciplinary boundaries: cognitive
RESEARCH psychology, neurolinguistics, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics,
IN computational linguistics, measurement, aptitude testing,
language policy, decision-making, theses, dissertations;
INTERPRETATION
& • Training information covering: program design, curriculum
studies, instruction, school administration;
TRANSLATION
• Instruction information detailing: course syllabi, methodology,
ETILVIA ARJONA models, available textbooks;

• Testing information about aptitude, selection, diagnostic tests.

115 pp.

(SLTCCTechnical Report#4) ISBN 0-8248-1572--0 $10.

PRAGMATICS OF This technical report includes six contributions to the study
CHINESE AS of the pragmatics of Mandarin Chinese:
NATIVE AND
TARGET • A report of an interview study conducted with nonnative
LANGUAGE speakers of Chinese;

GABRIELE KASPER • Five data-based studies on the performance of different speech
(Editor) acts by native speakers of Mandarin: requesting, refusing,
complaining, giving bad news, disagreeing, and complimenting.

312 pp.

(SLTCC Technical Report #5) ISBN 0-8248-1733-8 $15.

THE ROLE OF In this technical report the author reports the results of a
PHONOLOGICAL study that she conducted on phonological coding in reading
kanji using an eye-movement monitor and draws some
CODING IN pedagogical implications. In addition, she reviews current
READING KANJI literature on the different schools of thought regarding
instruction in reading kanji and its role in the teaching of
SACHIKO non-alphabetic written languages like Japanese. 64 pp.
MATSUNAGA

(SLTCC Technical Report #6) ISBN 0-8248-1734--0 $10.

DEVELOPING Although the study of cross-cultural pragmatics has gained
PROTOTYPIC importance in applied linguistics, there are no standard forms
MEASURES OF of assessment that might make research comparable across
studies and languages. The present volume describes the
CROSS· process through which six forms of cross-cultural assessment
CULTURAL were developed for second language learners of English. The
PRAGMATICS models may be used for second language learners of other
languages. The six forms of assessment involve two forms
THOM HUDSON each of indirect discourse completion tests, oral language
EMILY DETMER production, and self assessment. The procedures involve the
assessment of requests, apologies, and refusals.
J. D. BROWN

(SLTCC Technical Report #7) ISBN 0-8248-1763-X $15.

VIRTUAL Computer networking has created dramatic new possibilities
CONNECTIONS: for connecting language learners in a single classroom or
across the globe. This collection of activities and projects
ONLINE makes use of e-mail, the World Wide Web, computer
ACTIVITIES & conferencing, and other forms of computer-mediated
PROJECTS FOR communication for the foreign and second language
NETWORKING classroom at any level of instruction. Teachers from around
the world submitted the activities compiled in this volume -
LANGUAGE activities that they have used successfully in their own
LEARNERS classrooms.

MARK (SLTCCTechnical Report#8) ISBN 0-8248-1793-1 $30.
WARSCHAUER

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ATTENTION & Issues related to the role of attention and awareness in
AWARENESS IN learning lie at the heart of many theoretical and practical
controversies in the foreign language field. This collection of
FOREIGN papers presents research into the learning of Spanish,
LANGUAGE Japanese, Finnish, Hawaiian, and English as a second
language (with additional comments and examples from
LEARNING French, German, and miniature artificial languages) that bear
on these crucial questions for foreign language pedagogy.
RICHARD SCHMIDT
(Editor) (SLTCCTechnical Report#9) ISBN 0-8248-1794-X $20.

LINGUISTICS Technical Report #10 contains 18 articles revolving around
AND LANGUAGE the following three topics:
• Linguistic issues: These six papers discuss various linguistics
TEACHING:
PROCEEDINGS issues: ideophones, syllabic nasals, linguistic areas, computation,
tonal melody classification, and wh-words.
OF THE • Sociolinguistics: Sociolinguistic phenomena in Swahili, signing,
SIXTH JOINT Hawaiian, and Japanese are discussed in four of the papers.
• Language teaching and learning: These eight papers cover
LSH-HATESL prosodic modification, note taking, planning in oral production,
CONFERENCE oral testing, language policy, L2 essay organization, access to
dative alternation rules, and child noun phrase structure
C. REVES, development.
C. STEELE,
C. S. P. WONG (SLTCC Technical Report #l0) ISBN 0-8248-1851-2 $20.

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LANGUAGE This volume chronicles a revolution in our thinking about
LEARNING what makes students want to learn languages and what causes
them to persist in that difficult and rewarding adventure.
MOTIVATION: Topics in this book include the internal structures of and
PATHWAYS external connections with foreign language motivation;
TO THE exploring adult language learning motivation, self-efficacy,
and anxiety; comparing the motivations and learning
NEW CENTURY strategies of students of Japanese and Spanish; and enhancing
the theory of language learning motivation from many
REBECCA L. OXFORD psychological and social perspectives.
(Editor)

(SLTCC Technical Report#11) ISBN 0-8248-1849-0 $20.

TELECOLLABORATION The Symposium on Local & Global Electronic Networking in
IN FOREIGN Foreign Language Leaming & Research, part of the National
LANGUAGE Foreign Language Resource Center's 1995 Summer Institute on
LEARNING: Technology & the Human Factor in Foreign Language Education
included presentations of papers and hands-on workshops
PROCEEDINGS conducted by Symposium participants to facilitate the sharing
OF THE of resources, ideas, and information about all aspects of
electronic networking for foreign language teaching and
HAWAl'I SYMPOSIUM research, including electronic discussion and conferencing,
international cultural exchanges, real-time communication
MARK WARSCHAUER and simulations, research and resource retrieval via the
(Editor) Internet, and research using networks. This collection
presents a sampling of those presentations.

(SLTCC Technical Report #12) ISBN 0-8248-1867-9 $20.

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LANGUAGE Language learning strategies are the specific steps students
LEARNING take to improve their progress in learning a second or foreign
language. Optimizing learning strategies improves language
STRATEGIES performance. This ground-breaking book presents new
information about cultural influences on the use of language
AROUND learning strategies. It also shows innovative ways to assess
THEWORLD: students' strategy use and remarkable techniques for helping
students improve their choice of strategies, with the goal of
CROSS- peak language learning.
CULTURAL
PERSPECTIVES

REBECCA L. OXFORD (SLTCCTechnical Report#l3) ISBN 0-8248-1910-l $20.

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