… language learning a deeply social event that requires the incorporation of a wide range of
elements of the L2 culture (cf. Gardner, 1979; Williams, 1994). This view has been broadly …

… influencing English learners' Theme and thematic progression, I review the empirical
studies which have investigated the effect of instruction in English learners' use of Theme and …

… This class includes a 15-hour service-learning component in which students provide oneon-one
reading practice to English language learners in a variety of elementary schools in …

… 51) advice that “[o]ne way to study the needs of language learners … language learning and
consequently language teaching”, this research analyses small samples of native and learner …

… In general, the results of the study indicate that young EFL learners using a theme-based
syllabus develop their English proficiency better than those using an essentially grammatical …

… language is an immensely complic ated communicative system. And in order to master this
system, the languagelearning … stream the units of the language which is being spoken at the …

… analytical frameworks emerging from Halliday's approach to Theme analysis. The paper
closes with implications for language learning and teaching, regarding the potential of Theme …

… to balance content and language. Meaningful language experiences emerge when students
… This study concluded that theme-based teaching makes language learning experience …

… ' problems with Theme choice and propose a focus on non-participant Themes, discourse
… of thematisation with students and presenting them with a Theme–Rheme ‘model’ from their …