French/Italian 572 - Basic Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages
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This guide will help you research Second Language Acquisition (SLA) theory, which is a component of the multi-part assessment for this course.
Research consultations
Email Cai at kfischietto@umass.edu to schedule a one-on-one consultation at a time convenient for you. These consultations take place virtually via Zoom or in-person on the lower level of the Du Bois Library.
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Cai is also available to answer questions by email or phone and typically responds within 24 hours during the school week.
For speedy assistance, check out this page that allows you request library help via email, chat, and text 9-5pm Monday through Friday.
Library tools
- Discovery Search This link opens in a new windowDiscovery takes your keyword search and retrieves books, articles, videos, special collection materials, and journals.The greatest strength of Discovery is that it pulls resources from many smaller, individual library databases.The downside is that the sheer number of results from many different disciplines and fields can be overwhelming.
Keyword searching tips
Brainstorming keywords
Consider:
- synonyms and related words
- more specific and less specific terms
- related people, places, or concepts
- terms that appear in subject headings and in abstracts
- terms that appear in journal titles
Boolean operators
AND, OR and NOT can be used to express relationships between keywords
- AND narrows your search because each result must contain all search terms.
- OR expands your search each result must contain at least one search term
- NOT limits your search by excluding terms
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For example: bilingual = 228,359 results "second language acquisition" = 69,291 results |
Enclosing a multi-word concept in parentheses (" ") allows you to search for multi-word concepts.
