RJA #4

RJA #4a: Keywords & Ladder of Generalization

I figured it would be best (in this section of RJA #4) to post my ladder of generalization first, then the keywords I found.

So, for my ladder of generalization:

World

Communication

Language

Indo-European Language

Italian

Education

Second Language Acquisition



As far as keywords are concerned, I came up with the following:

• Italian
• L2 (short for second language acquisition)
• acquisition
• teaching
• education
• foreign
• learning

Synonymous terms & related items to pair with each keyword I came up with:

• Italian: Italy, Italians, Italia, Italics
• L2: second, language(s), seconds, secondary
• acquisition: acquire, acquiring, acquired
• teaching: teach, teacher, teaches
• foreign: culture, country, countries, foreigners, Europe, european
• learning: learn, learner(s), learned

RJA #4b: Search Strings

Following are three search strings I've used to find scholarly articles and books using online resources given us in class.

1. Ital* AND L2 AND educat* OR acquisit*
2. Ital* AND teach* OR learn* AND foreign*
3. Ital* AND second* AND educat* OR acquisit* OR L2
4. +Italy +language +learning
5. +L2 +education +Italy
6. +inglese +italiano +educazione +acquisizione

RJA #4c: Research Question Check

I have posted comments on a couple other of my classmates' blogs. They can be found at:

http://subbasblog-subba.blogspot.com/2010/02/rja-3c-research-question.html

http://carmelosbornresearchjournal.blogspot.com/2010/02/rja-3c-research-question.html#comment-form


Overall, I'm very interested to see what happens over the course of the semester with my class' progress, and then what further interests come from it.