Chapter 2. Language learning and teaching in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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C. Ray Graham
Abstract
This chapter provides an historical account of language learning and teaching in the LDS church from its earliest days to the present. By examining primary and secondary sources, it recounts the emphasis placed on language learning by church leaders and the ways in which their instructions were instantiated in the lives of individuals and groups of members. In particular, it examines the ways in which missionaries of the church have learned language and with what results. By so doing, it sets the stage for other chapters of the book which examine the loss of language by missionaries who return to an English-speaking environment where they have varying degrees of access to the use of their mission languages.
Abstract
This chapter provides an historical account of language learning and teaching in the LDS church from its earliest days to the present. By examining primary and secondary sources, it recounts the emphasis placed on language learning by church leaders and the ways in which their instructions were instantiated in the lives of individuals and groups of members. In particular, it examines the ways in which missionaries of the church have learned language and with what results. By so doing, it sets the stage for other chapters of the book which examine the loss of language by missionaries who return to an English-speaking environment where they have varying degrees of access to the use of their mission languages.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents vii
- Foreword ix
- Chapter 1. Introduction 1
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Section I Acquisition of mission languages
- Chapter 2. Language learning and teaching in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 13
- Chapter 3. The development of speaking proficiency of LDS missionaries 29
- Chapter 4. An examination of the effects of input, aptitude, and motivation on the language proficiency of missionaries mearning Japanese as a second language 51
- Chapter 5. In the beginning was the word 89
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Section II Attrition of mission languages
- Chapter 6. The lost word 111
- Chapter 7. Vocabulary attrition in adult speakers of Spanish as a second language 135
- Chapter 8. Savings in the relearning of mission vocabulary 185
- Chapter 9. What counts in the retention of numeral classifiers in Japanese and Chinese? 203
- Chapter 10. Syntactic attrition in L2 Japanese missionary language 221
- Chapter 11. The measurement of oral fluency in mission languages 245
- Comprehensive bibliography of mission language references: Annotated 259
- Comprehensive bibliography of mission language references: Unannotated 263
- Index 267
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents vii
- Foreword ix
- Chapter 1. Introduction 1
-
Section I Acquisition of mission languages
- Chapter 2. Language learning and teaching in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 13
- Chapter 3. The development of speaking proficiency of LDS missionaries 29
- Chapter 4. An examination of the effects of input, aptitude, and motivation on the language proficiency of missionaries mearning Japanese as a second language 51
- Chapter 5. In the beginning was the word 89
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Section II Attrition of mission languages
- Chapter 6. The lost word 111
- Chapter 7. Vocabulary attrition in adult speakers of Spanish as a second language 135
- Chapter 8. Savings in the relearning of mission vocabulary 185
- Chapter 9. What counts in the retention of numeral classifiers in Japanese and Chinese? 203
- Chapter 10. Syntactic attrition in L2 Japanese missionary language 221
- Chapter 11. The measurement of oral fluency in mission languages 245
- Comprehensive bibliography of mission language references: Annotated 259
- Comprehensive bibliography of mission language references: Unannotated 263
- Index 267
