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Gregory D. Keating – Language Learning, 2025
For Spanish nouns, masculine gender is unmarked and feminine is marked. Effects of markedness on gender agreement processing are inconsistent, possibly owing to differences between online methods. This study presents a reanalysis of eye-tracking data from Keating's (2022) study on the processing of noun-adjective gender agreement in speakers of…
Descriptors: Spanish, Morphology (Languages), Form Classes (Languages), Native Language
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Chanikarn Thatchatham; Nattama Pongpairoj – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2025
This study investigated how input frequency (i.e., type frequency and token frequency) and proficiency levels enhanced the perception of English nominal suffixes by first language (L1) Thai learners. Based on the Usage-based Account (Tomasello, 2003), it was hypothesized that input frequency, i.e., token frequency (frequency of derived forms…
Descriptors: Thai, Native Language, Language Proficiency, Linguistic Input
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Jing Wang – Language Teaching Research, 2025
This article explores how leading textbook authors select and instruct vocabulary in beginner and intermediate Chinese textbooks used in the United States. Leading textbook authors were approached; subsequently; four authors completed interviews with pre-designed questions. Grounded theory methodology was used to analyse the interviews, and their…
Descriptors: Textbook Preparation, Authors, Grammar, Word Frequency
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Aylin Coskun Kunduz; Silvina Montrul – Language Acquisition: A Journal of Developmental Linguistics, 2025
Aspectual and mood morphology are vulnerable domains in adult heritage speakers. This paper investigates the root of such vulnerability within the domain of Turkish evidentiality system by comparing 20 second-generation adult and 20 school-age child Turkish heritage speakers to 20 first-generation immigrants (main input providers for child…
Descriptors: Linguistic Input, Story Telling, Turkish, Immigrants
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Anna Chrabaszcz; Nina Ladinskaya; Anastasiya Lopukhina – Language Acquisition: A Journal of Developmental Linguistics, 2025
The present study examines the mechanisms of lexical case acquisition in Russian by two-to-five-year-old Russian monolingual (n = 54) and Russian-English bilingual children (n = 38). Participants performed a picture-based sentence completion task. Sentences were constructed to elicit production of real Russian words (n = 24) and nonce words (n =…
Descriptors: Russian, Bilingualism, Pictorial Stimuli, Monolingualism
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Huan Zhang – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2025
Continuation Task, which closely links language inputs and outputs, is considered to be an effective method in foreign language learning. This paper is an empirical research that investigates the effects of interaction and alignment of Continuation Task in Chinese as a Second Language (CSL) writing. The participants are a total of 30 Cambodian…
Descriptors: Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Cambodians
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Montri Tangpijaikul – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2025
Despite the significant impact of the lexical approach for vocabulary learning, its classroom implementation has not been uniform. While related activities share the common Observe-Hypothesize-Experiment (OHE) elements, practitioners and researchers do not highlight how language input from the observing stage is turned into output and at what…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Software, Technology Integration, Teaching Methods
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Praweerata Sukrutrit – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2025
This research investigates the enhancement of English public speaking skills among Thai EFL (English as a Foreign Language) students through imitating TED Talks videos. By applying Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) and Krashen's Input Hypothesis, the study integrates authentic materials for effective learning. A mixed methods approach,…
Descriptors: Speeches, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction