When learning two languages of the same language family, one will realize quickly that there are similarities. But how … deep are language and culture related? For long time the hypothesis that languages are responsible for cultural development … intercultural communication can be drawn, giving another view on the relation between languages and cultures -- Culture ; Language …

economic transactions such as migration or international trade flows by imposing hurdles for second language acquisition and … its merits in two different applications. First, the effect of linguistic distance in the language acquisition of … of Spain. Across countries, linguistic distance is negatively correlated with reported language skills of immigrants …

More than 4.4 million students enrolled in US public schools participate in English language learner programs because … of linguistic barriers to learning in regular classrooms. Whether native language instruction should be used in these … bilingual education programs (which use some native language instruction) and English-only programs are not significantly …

We investigate the relationship between gender and foreign language anxiety (FLA) in the second language (L2: English …) of 320 adult bilinguals (L1: Dutch) outside the foreign language learning context. Results show that females experience …

This paper presents the results of an empirical study designed to map German language proficiency among students at … German language proficiency of the Czech population only to an insignificant extent. Second, the school environment (the … opportunity to learn the language, compulsory subject, language study motivation) has a decisive influence on the respondents …

to several categories of literature in language economics. It consolidates the respective literature lists used by the …

We investigate the interplay of language skills and immigrant stocks in determining bilateral FDI out-stocks of OECD … immigrants on bilateral FDI - provided that residents of the two countries have few language skills in common. We find a similar … effect for immigrants from third countries that speak the language(s) of the FDI host country, making them potential …