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Download full textMingjia Cai; Xian Liao – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2025
Executive functions (EF) have long been recognized as critical factors in accounting for individual differences in literacy development. However, their role in second language (L2) learning, particularly in non-alphabetic languages such as Chinese, has not been fully explored. This study endeavored to examine the role of EF in word reading among…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Chinese, Second Language Learning, Age Differences
Butler, Yuko Goto – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2020
This study examines young English readers' ability to infer word meanings in context and to use metacognitive knowledge for constructing word meanings in relation to their reading performance. The participants were 61 fourth-grade students in the United States, comprising 24 monolingual English-speaking (ME) students and 37…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Elementary School Students
De Wilde, Vanessa; Eyckmans, June – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2017
In this paper the incidental language acquisition of 11-year-old Flemish children (n = 30) who have not received any formal English instruction is investigated. The study looks into children's English proficiency and the learner characteristics that can be associated with it. In order to measure the children's English proficiency, a receptive…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Linguistic Input, Native Language
