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Direct linkAnja Wunderlich – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2025
Background: In everyday communication, word retrieval is semantically driven. A similar processing mechanism can be assumed for category fluency tasks. In contrast, in phonemic fluency tasks or rhyme production, the retrieval process must be based on the word form. In phonemic fluency, executive and language functions have been discussed as…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Written Language, Language Skills, Language Processing
Chaoyang Jin; Jing Yan – Language Learning Journal, 2025
This systematic review aims to explore how task complexity and task sequencing affect the complexity, accuracy, and fluency (CAF) of second language performance. Through an analysis of studies conducted between 2012 and 2021, this review investigates the characteristics of the studies, operationalisation of task complexity, measurements of CAF,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Difficulty Level, Language Fluency, Accuracy
Lillian C. Jones – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Text messaging is the most popular form of communication (Lionbridge, 2019; Ceci, 2022), and mobile phone ownership is high, especially among university students (Chen & Denoyelles, 2013). Research on mobile language learning is increasingly found on the forefront of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) (Loewen et al., 2019; Stockwell,…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Written Language, Handheld Devices, Second Language Learning
Lilly Metom; Su-Hie Ting – Language Documentation & Conservation, 2024
The Iban language of Sarawak is an indigenous language that has an orthography and has been taught as a subject in Malaysian schools since 1968. However, no findings are available on whether Iban is used for written and formal communication. This study examined the extent of the formal use of Iban among the Iban community. Questionnaire data from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Malayo Polynesian Languages, Indigenous Populations, Language Usage
Walton, Dawn; Borgna, Georgianna; Marschark, Marc; Crowe, Kathryn; Trussell, Jessica – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2019
The "unskilled and unaware effect" refers to the finding that individuals who are less knowledgeable or less skilled in a domain are relatively less able to evaluate their level of skill or effectively utilise feedback relative to individuals who are more skilled. Studies finding deaf students less accurate than hearing students in…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing (Physiology), Language Skills, Feedback (Response)
Download full textKim, Nayoung – English Teaching, 2018
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of no planning and online planning on complexity, accuracy, and fluency (CAF) in L2 spoken and written tasks. The study was designed into 2x2 with two independent variables: planning conditions (no planning and online planning) and task modality (speaking and writing). First, 80 Korean EFL…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Undergraduate Students, Planning
Llanes, Àngels; Serrano, Raquel – Language Learning Journal, 2017
Given the growing importance of English as a lingua franca, this study examines which context (classroom instruction in the students' home country vs. studying abroad in an English-speaking country) better facilitates the acquisition of English by learners of different ages: children, adolescents and adults. Participants (N = 197) completed…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Oral Language, Written Language
De Angelis, Gessica – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2012
The present article examines the effect of population distribution on L1 (Italian) and L2 (German) acquisition in the multilingual context of South Tyrol, Italy. Population distribution is regarded as a central variable to assess the impact of two factors included in willingness to communicate (WTC) theory: (1) Fear of assimilation to the L2…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Native Speakers, Foreign Countries, Multilingualism
Nemanich, Donald Dean – 1968
Verbs (4800) from 1200 compositions written by Nebraska students (grades 3-6) were examined using the most sophisticated grammatical analysis available to determine children's use of the English verb system and to compare their use to recent studies of the verb in adult writing. Information obtained included the following items: Children used…
Descriptors: Child Language, Grammar, Language Acquisition, Language Fluency
Peer reviewedBlackburn, Ruth M. – TESOL Quarterly, 1971
Descriptors: College Students, Communication Skills, Community, English (Second Language)
Chew, Kheng-Suan – English for Specific Purposes, 2005
This research note reports on a study to investigate what English language skills are used by new graduate employees in their daily work in various departments in four banks in Hong Kong. Through interviews with 16 new bank employees across these four banks and the use of questionnaires, my aim was to determine what proportion of their daily…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Skills, Employees, English (Second Language)
Carroll, John B. – 1970
The problem of determining relative weights for quantity and quality in scoring foreign language speaking and writing fluency tests is studied. French speaking and writing fluency tests were administered to students of French in several schools in England. Data from these tests was analyzed to support the suggestion that scoring formulas should…
Descriptors: Correlation, French, Language Fluency, Language Proficiency
LOBAN, WALTER – 1967
OVER A 13-YEAR PERIOD, EXTENSIVE LONGITUDINAL DATA WERE COLLECTED ON EVERY ASPECT OF THE LINGUISTIC BEHAVIOR OF 338 OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, SCHOOL CHILDREN AS THEY PROGRESSED FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 12. TAPED ORAL INTERVIEWS AND A WIDE RANGE OF TESTS AND INVENTORIES WERE CONDUCTED ANNUALLY TO MEASURE READING ACHIEVEMENT, LISTENING ABILITY,…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, English Instruction, High School Students, Language Ability
