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Development of Perception of Second Language Japanese Geminates: Role of Duration, Sonority, and Segmentation Strategy
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Hardison, Debra M.; Saigo, Miki Motohashi – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2010
This study explored the second language perceptual accuracy of Japanese geminates (moraic units) by English-speaking learners at three proficiency levels: beginner (28), low-intermediate (42), and advanced (15). Stimuli included singleton and geminate /t/, /k/, /s/ followed by /a/ or /u/ produced by a native speaker in isolated words and carrier…
Descriptors: Japanese, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency, English
Language Development, Metalinguistic Skills, and Print Awareness in 3-Year-Old Children.
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Carolyn Chaney – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1992
Presents an investigation of the relationships among selected aspects of normal language development, emerging metalinguistic skills, and concepts about print in three-year-old children. Forty-three normally developing children were given 4 tests of language development: 12 metalinguistic tasks measuring phonological awareness, word awareness, and…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Language Proficiency, Language Skills, Language Tests
Phonological Translation in Bilingual and Monolingual Children.
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Oller, D. Kimbrough; Cobo-Lewis, Alan B.; Eilers, Rebecca E. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1998
This study investigated phonological translation using a task designed to measure children's ability to map one phonological system onto another. Kindergarten and second-grade monolingual and bilingual students were evaluated. Results suggest that monolinguals generally performed poorly. Phonological translation is proposed as a tool with which to…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Mapping, English
Preschool Language and Metalinguistic Skills Are Links to Reading Success.
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Chaney, Carolyn – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1998
Reports the longitudinal follow-up of 41 preschool children as they moved into reading. When the children were 3-years-old, they participated in a detailed assessment of their language, print and metalinguistic skills. Overall language development at age 3 just as strongly correlated with reading scores at age 7 as it had with metalinguistic and…
Descriptors: Correlation, Early Childhood Education, Language Acquisition, Language Skills