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Critical Thinking in Language Learning and Teaching



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Ariadne de Villa Texas Lutheran University

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DOI:10.17265/2159-550X/2017.02.002

This paper focuses on current theoretical research in second language education and on how the Language Awareness Approach, specifically, is key to successful second language teaching. LAA methodology gives students the tools and confidence to internalize the second language for the long term. Through the Language Awareness Approach, students become highly motivated self-learners, expertly analyzing the syntax of their native language as well as that of the second language. As students become more skilled in understanding how language works, they are able to internalize the new language and make it their own. Eventually, students do not have to “change the chip to the target language” when they walk through the classroom door.

applied linguistics, second/foreign language education, language acquisition methodology, critical thinking, Language Awareness Approach, bilingual-bicultural education