A startup called Live Mocha, based in Bellevue, WA, aims to harness the power of online social networking to help language students learn and stay motivated. The site, launched in late September at ...

Early language programs should focus on students communicating ideas in real ways: understanding and communicating meaning – and transferring vocabulary and language skills to convey other ideas.

Introduction: Japanese Communication -- 1. The Context of Japanese Communication. 1. Cultural Myth, Self, and Society. 2. Relationality and Communication. 3. Competing Orientations within ...

This article discusses three claims of the Graded Salience Hypothesis presented in Rachel Giora's book On our mind. It is argued that these claims may give second language researchers the chance to ...