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SOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT OF ORAL SELF EXPRESSION IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Author(s) -
Sparkman Colley F.
Publication year - 1934
Publication title -
the modern language journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.486
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1540-4781
pISSN - 0026-7902
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4781.1934.tb00103.x
Subject(s) - expression (computer science) , vernacular , foreign language , unit (ring theory) , linguistics , psychology , computer science , mathematics education , philosophy , programming language
Author's summary.— Ability to express one's self, either in the vernacular or in a foreign language, probably the result of specific practice in the direction of concept‐to‐expression‐unit. Difficult to train in a foreign language because of the priority of neural paths, more or less worn by usage, leading from concepts to native‐language expression units. Analysis of forced training in self‐expression of an adult cast into a foreign environment. Conclusion is that school conditions should be made to motivate, in so far as possible, the environment just outlined.