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Ruegg, Rachael, Ed.; Williams, Clay, Ed. – English Language Education, 2018
This book focuses on appropriate English for Academic Purposes instructional concepts and methods in the Japanese context. It investigates a variety of pedagogical techniques, addressing the fundamental academic English skills -- listening, speaking, reading and writing -- as well as assessment and materials development. All the research included…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language of Instruction
Saito-Abbott, Yoshiko – 1991
A study investigated whether: (1) deletion of relationals, which are function words in Japanese, from Japanese text affects the text processing strategies of native and nonnative readers, as measured by indices of reading time and comprehension; (2) nonnative readers' proficiency levels affect reading strategies when processing Japanese texts with…
Descriptors: Function Words, Japanese, Language Processing, Reading Comprehension
Frechette, Ernest A. – 1987
Research on brain hemisphere functions appears to indicate that (1) lateralization occurs from about age five to puberty; (2) both hemispheres are involved in language learning in ways not yet fully understood; (3) after age fifteen, pronunciation learning becomes difficult; (4) older language learners learn more quickly, but younger learners…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Language Processing, Language Proficiency, Neurological Organization
Nyikos, Martha – 1985
A mnemonic device is any technique or system to improve or aid the memory by use of formulas. Memory aids enjoyed great popularity in ancient times, but with the advent of literacy, the need for memorization was lessened and mnemonics were not taught regularly. However, recent research in cognitive psychology suggests that mnemonics, taught and…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Cognitive Style, Language Processing, Learning Strategies
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Nagata, Noriko – Modern Language Journal, 1993
In a study of the application natural language processing to second-language instruction, two versions of the Nihongo-CALI (computer-assisted language instruction) system were developed. Empirical data support the possibility/effectiveness of intelligent CALI to facilitate second-language acquisition. (19 references) (LB)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Error Analysis (Language), Japanese, Language Acquisition
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Sanz, Cristina; VanPatten, Bill – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1998
In response to a published study of second-language input processing and processing instruction, a relatively new concept in language teaching, misinterpretations of theoretical and conceptual issues are pointed out and methodological concerns about the study are discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: Language Processing, Language Research, Linguistic Input, Linguistic Theory
Correa-Beningfield, Margarita – 1988
A study compares and contrasts a set of English and Spanish prepositions of location in the context of prototype theory. It seeks to establish the prototype concept of each preposition and the degrees of prototypicality by testing for native-speaker choices of examples that illustrate best the most basic use of the preposition. The prepositions…
Descriptors: Classification, Contrastive Linguistics, English, Interlanguage
Bernhardt, Elizabeth B. – 1993
The aim of this book is to provide a thorough account of what is known about the acquisition of reading abilities in a second language and to foster a more principled research and instruction in second language literacy. Discussion is set forth from a variety of perspectives: first, through examinations of theoretical models of the reading process…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Language Processing, Linguistic Theory, Reading Comprehension
Sims, William R. – MinneTESOL Journal, 1989
In interlanguage, the transitional state reaching from one's native language to a given target language, phonological, morphological, syntactic, lexical, sociocultural, or psycholinguistic errors may be generated and systematized by the process of fossilization. Depending on the amount of time needed for remediation, fossilized features may be…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language), Error Patterns, Interlanguage
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Kennedy, Zita M.; Cohn, Eva R. – Unterrichtspraxis, 1992
A California pilot program is described in which five hard-of-hearing students enrolled in a mainstream high school German class. Although their speech in English was limited and their hearing loss was severe, they kept up with their hearing classmates in reading, writing, and listening (lip reading) and could speak as intelligibly in German as in…
Descriptors: German, Hearing Impairments, High Schools, Language Processing
Towell, Richard; Hawkins, Roger – 1994
This book defines and reviews five central problems in the study of second language acquisition (SLA): (subconscious) transfer, staged development, cross-learner systematicity, incompleteness, and variability. The central thesis of the text is that linguistic knowledge is an autonomous component of SLA, distinct from the socially determined use of…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Individual Differences, Interpersonal Competence, Language Processing
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Scholfield, Phil – TESOL Quarterly, 1982
Discusses the active contribution a learner/user must make in using a dictionary and breaks the look-up process into seven main steps. (EKN)
Descriptors: Context Clues, Definitions, Dictionaries, English (Second Language)
Dalgish, Gerard M. – Collegiate Microcomputer, 1987
This discussion of courseware design for computer-assisted language learning in English as a second language (ESL) highlights the role of randomization and creativity. A set of programs is described which are based on error analysis of students in the ESL program at Baruch College and developed around grammatical terms. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Creativity, English (Second Language)
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Vanpatten, Bill; Cadierno, Teresa – Modern Language Journal, 1993
A study among college students investigated the effects on the developing knowledge system of the second-language learner of two different types of instruction: instruction as manipulation of output, and as structured or focused input processing. Results support the input-processing perspective and the salience of the role of input. (43…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
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Koda, Keiko – Modern Language Journal, 1993
The application of language processing skills between 2 languages with dissimilar morphosyntactic features was investigated with 72 American university students learning Japanese. Results suggest that learners' first- and second-language knowledge both play a significant role and that the linguistic knowledge and coding capability for text…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), English, Japanese, Language Processing
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