In spite of the highly beneficial applications of corpus linguistics in language pedagogy, it has not found its way into mainstream EFL. The major reasons seem to be the teachers’ lack of training and the unavailability of resources, especially computers in language classes. Phrasal verbs have been shown to be a problematic area of learning English as a foreign language due to their semantic op...

The urgency of computer-assisted technologies for teaching natural languages (NL), and first of all foreign languages, is constantly growing. To denote computer-assisted teaching NL a special term – CALL (Computer Assisted Languages Learning) has appeared and is widely used now. The chief disadvantage of the currently available systems of teaching NL is their moderate adaptivity to the learner’...

Abstract Following the multilingual trend in language education, translanguaging advocates active use of multiple languages and other meaning-making resources a dynamic integrated way teaching learning. When it comes to foreign view that learners already have should can play very positive role learning additional languages. Moreover, knowledge acquired through learners’ first and/or prior learn...

Delexicalization is the tendency of meaning, reflecting the structural feature of light verbs. It emerges from collocation usages of semantic sharing. Based on the corpus and exemplified with “ ” and “ ”, the current paper addresses the delexicalizing features of Chinese light verbs, while proposing a lexicographic approach concerning the conventionality of light verb construction and endeavori...

The first years of life represent a unique window of opportunity for foreign language learning. However, key questions are: How much and what kind of foreign language exposure is needed to ignite learning? We conducted a foreign language (English) intervention in four public Infant Education Centers in Madrid, Spain. Intervention children (N = 126, ages 7–33.5months) experienced 18 weeks of dai...