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It has been thought that once a learner moves closer to the end of their critical period of development that they would lose their ability to become proficient language learners. This new research that these researchers complied shows evidence that learners who begin learning later actually have an advantage as they pull on the language information that they already have stored from learning and working with their first language.
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Throughout her career, Lightbown also volunteered as a consultant for the Centre scolaire et de sauté Néné Aissatou Diallo (CSS-NAD) in Labé, Guinea, West Africa as they built their primary school programming. She holds positions as a member of the Oxford
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Ultimately, the new research suggests a change in the way we approach limiting the students’ use of their first language, increasing instruction time where possible by perhaps including intensive instruction in smaller timeframes instead of small lectures over a longer period of time, and include
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The research continues to challenge older research and brings up more cons instead of pros for an early introduction to language learning, which was not always the case in Second
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theories that have influenced the way that second language teachers approach their classrooms in more practical ways that are not simply theory. Learning and teaching approaches developed as a result of this collaboration included "communicative approach" and "audiolingual approach", which were
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in 2001–2002 that was distributed to teachers in Quebec. From the year 1973 up until 2017 she has contributed over thirty chapters to books. From 1974 to 2020, she authored and or collaborated on over fifty articles in both
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to provide insight into the theoretical background of CBLT, some of its benefits and downfalls, and methods for teachers to apply it to their classrooms. Lightbown's goal is to provide a rewarding language learning experience to students in a CBLT environment.
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in 2019, was a co-editor along with Nina Spada for the Oxford Key
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Lightbown enrolled in the United States Peace Corps from July 1965 to June 1967. She was deployed in Niger, West Africa as a public health worker. Her experience would later help her identify and contribute to educational and humanitarian projects, like
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Lightbown's published work includes over fifty books, articles and book chapters on second language acquisition, language teaching and learning in classroom contexts. She frequently collaborates with Nina Spada and over her career has expanded on
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