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What is Language Gap

Chapter 6
International Approaches to Bridging the Language Gap
A lack of accessibility to a specific language based on several socio-economic factors.
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Bridging the Language Gap With Emergent Technologies
Jorge Francisco Figueroa (Texas Woman's University, USA)
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 19
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1219-7.ch006
Abstract
The use of technology in language instruction revolutionized the way and the feel education was provided. Several modes helped students with their language gap. Nowadays, emergent technologies including the Web 2.0, gamification and game-based learning, and immersive technologies has taken language education by storm benefitting and bridging the language gap. This chapter provides an overview of how emerging technologies are changing the paradigm and contributing positively as a bridge to confront the language gap.
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Chapter 8
TELL, CALL, and MALL: Approaches to Bridge the Language Gap
Lack of language proficiency and language accessibility due social and economic disparities.
Published in Chapter: TELL, CALL, and MALL: Approaches to Bridge the Language Gap; From: International Approaches to Bridging the Language Gap
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Chapter 2
Preserving the Mother Tongue of English Language Learners
Students’ lack of exposure to spoken or written words in a certain language as compared to their more affluent peers.
Published in Chapter: Preserving the Mother Tongue of English Language Learners; From: International Approaches to Bridging the Language Gap
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Chapter 5
Improving Teachers' Digital Competence to Bridge the Language Gap
The observed gap in language skills, including linguistic skills in second/foreign language/s, due to different socioeconomic backgrounds and/or various training opportunities.
Published in Chapter: Improving Teachers' Digital Competence to Bridge the Language Gap; From: International Approaches to Bridging the Language Gap
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Chapter 12
An Approach for Providing LGBTI+ Education and Bridging the Language Gap: Integrating ESoPC into EFL Teacher Training
A phenomenon characterized by the lack of language proficiency and language accessibility of certain groups of the world’s population due to social and economic disparities.
Published in Chapter: An Approach for Providing LGBTI+ Education and Bridging the Language Gap: Integrating ESoPC into EFL Teacher Training; From: International Approaches to Bridging the Language Gap
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Chapter 11
Dealing With Language Gap in a Hungarian-English Early Childhood Classroom
A communication gap found in bilingual immersion programs where L1 monolingual and L2 monolingual speakers lack an understanding of each other due to a deficit in shared vocabulary or a difference in their intercultural understanding.
Published in Chapter: Dealing With Language Gap in a Hungarian-English Early Childhood Classroom; From: International Approaches to Bridging the Language Gap
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