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On the Acquisition of the Prenominal Adjective Order by Kuwaiti EFL Learners
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Alotaibi, Maye A.; Alotaibi, Abdullah M. – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
This study aims to test the extent to which 80 Kuwaiti EFL learners are aware of prenominal adjective ordering system in English, particularly how it affects Kuwaiti EFL learners' grasp on English grammar. In addition, it checks whether the English proficiency level of the participants plays a role in their answers on the test. Therefore, a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Form Classes (Languages)
The False-Friend Effect in Three Profoundly Deaf Learners of French: Disentangling Morphology, Phonology and Orthography
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Janke, Vikki; Kolokonte, Marina – Second Language Research, 2015
Three profoundly deaf individuals undertook a low-frequency backward lexical translation task (French/English), where morphological structure was manipulated and orthographic distance between test items was measured. Conditions included monomorphemic items (simplex), polymorphemic items (complex), items whose French morphological structure…
Descriptors: Deafness, Interference (Language), Morphology (Languages), Phonology
Investigating ESL Learners' Lexical Collocations: The Acquisition of Verb + Noun Collocations by Japanese Learners of English
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Miyakoshi, Tomoko – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Although it is widely acknowledged that collocations play an important part in second language learning, especially at intermediate-advanced levels, learners' difficulties with collocations have not been investigated in much detail so far. The present study examines ESL learners' use of verb-noun collocations, such as "take notes," "place an…
Descriptors: Verbs, Nouns, Pretests Posttests, Second Language Learning