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Download full textAshcroft, Robert John; Garner, Joseph; Hadingham, Oliver – Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2018
It is thought that in order to comprehend general conversation at the native-speaker level, it is necessary to know thousands of word families. Vocabulary learning is therefore a vital component to attaining proficiency in a language. Technological advances have greatly expanded the resources available to language students. In particular, learners…
Descriptors: Incidental Learning, Vocabulary Development, Recall (Psychology), English (Second Language)
Direct linkPremaratne, Dilhara D. – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2012
This article provides a comparative evaluation of Chinese character reform in the People's Republic of China and Japan, with a particular focus on the latest changes announced in 2009 to the existing script policies in the two countries. The first Chinese script reform took place in 1956 and the first Japanese script reform in 1946, both for the…
Descriptors: Romanization, Foreign Countries, Mass Instruction, Comparative Analysis
Sakura, Peter T. – Doshisha Kori Education Research Journal, 2001
In the communicative approach, English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) learners use scripted and unscripted language. In practice, scripted language is typically over-utilized at the expense of unscripted language. This study explores the characteristics of scripted and unscripted language in 11 beginner-level EFL students in a Japanese junior high…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
