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Hulme, Charles; Zhou, Lulin; Tong, Xiuli; Lervåg, Arne; Burgoyne, Kelly – Developmental Science, 2019
This study investigates the longitudinal predictors of the development of Chinese word reading skills and potential bidirectional relationships between Chinese word reading and oral language skills. We examine, in a 2-year longitudinal study, a wide range of theoretically important predictors (phonological awareness, tone awareness, morphological…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Longitudinal Studies, Predictor Variables, Oral Language
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Tseng, Sheng-Shiang; Yeh, Hui-Chin – Language Learning & Technology, 2019
This study examined the differences in perceptions of the value of feedback for improving English speaking performance between students who received video feedback and those who received written feedback and their preferences for written or video feedback. A total of 43 English as a foreign language students participated in this study to produce a…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Video Technology, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Wilches, Astrid – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2014
The purpose of this study is to investigate learners' perceptions of the benefits of tasks using voice tools to reinforce their oral skills. Additionally, this study seeks to determine what aspects of task design affected the students' perceptions. Beginner learners aged 18 to 36 with little or no experience in the use of technological tools for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Oral Language, Educational Benefits, Computer Mediated Communication
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Long, Robert W., III. – English Language Teaching, 2012
Detailed research concerning the issue fluency, specifically relating to pauses, mean length runs, and fluency rates in Japanese EFL learners, is limited. Furthermore, the issue of tracking fluency gains has often been ignored, misunderstood or minimized in EFL educational research. The present study, which is based on six monologues conducted…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Language Fluency, Accuracy, English (Second Language)
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Burt-Perkins, Rosie; Mills, Janet – British Educational Research Journal, 2009
This article focuses on an oversubscribed UK higher education music conservatoire that centres its selection procedures on individual performance auditions. In this mixed-method study, centrally-held assessment scores are used to show that A-level music grades are a more effective predictor of final degree result than performance at audition. This…
Descriptors: Music, Music Education, Intonation, Foreign Countries
Ching, Teresa – 1990
A study assessed the practical use of the simplified speech pattern approach to teaching lipreading in a tone language by comparing performance using an acoustic hearing-aid and a Sivo-aid in a tone labelling task. After initial assessment, subjects were given training to enhance perception of lexically contrastive tones, then post-tested. The…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education