The researcher maintains that the positives that were seen with text-based foreign language learning conducted in the aforementioned study would produce results that were similar with older students as well. Dlugosz argues that communication-based learning is really designed for those instructors who have a true mastery of the foreign language; however, there are many teachers particularly in certain geographic locations, who do not possess such mastery and would significantly benefit from other means of teaching foreign language. Moreover, the researcher suggests that those teachers who may be far less fluent in the foreign language would be able to use text oriented pedagogy with children that were older as a means of fostering foreign language learning instead of sole relying on communication-based teaching (Dlugosz 2000).
Analysis Additionally, because the researcher offered no theoretical assumptions and no clear research questions, it is again left to the reader to deduce what the researcher set out to do. Had the researcher offered greater insight into the process or thinking that went into the study, it would not be necessary for the reader to make any assumptions.
Researcher Dlugosz acknowledges the traditional methodology of teaching foreign language to students and notes that primarily the focus has been on oral communication as the method of instruction. However, he posits in his study that children are capable of learning a foreign language with understanding more readily if they learn to read the nascent language from the beginning. Although the article was easy to follow and understand because the author did not specify whether or not this was a qualitative or quantitative...
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The information and analysis offered in the conclusions supported what the reader purports the research question to be: whether children are able and capable of learning a second language through the use of reading with young learners. The results show a clinically significant difference between the test and control group that supports the researchers' opinion. As such, one could argue the researcher achieved their purpose. However, had the points been made clear, the researchers' position would appear more credible and significantly add to the disciplines body of knowledge.
Works Cited
Dlugosz, D.W. "Rethinking the role of reading in teaching a foreign language to young learners." ELT Journal 54.3 (2000): 284-290.
Doman, G. How to teach your baby to read. Philadelphia: The Better Baby Press, 1990. Web.
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