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Lu, Cailing; Boers, Frank; Coxhead, Averil – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2021
This study explores English for specific purposes learners' understanding of technical words in a previously-developed technical word list in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). The principal aim was to estimate what kind of technical terms pose problems to TCM learners and might therefore merit special attention in instruction. Of particular…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Revák, Ibolya Markóczi; Jász, Erzsébet; Kovács, Eniko; Teperics, Károly; Visi, Judit Üto; Máth, János – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2019
Shaping attitude related to renewable energy resources is the task of the entire society and in the case of students of different ages it is realized via education in and outside schools. This research concerns the analysis of the knowledge of students related to renewable energy resources, exploring the differences in the case of students in…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Knowledge Level, Energy Conservation
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Lam, Boji P. W.; Sheng, Li – English Language Teaching, 2020
Significant variation exists in how native speakers respond to word association tasks and challenges the usage of nativelikeness as a benchmark to gauge second language (L2) performance. However, the influence of word class and trials of elicitation is not sufficiently addressed in previous work. With controlled stimuli from multiple word classes,…
Descriptors: Language Variation, Native Speakers, Associative Learning, Task Analysis
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Meyer, Meredith; Gelman, Susan A.; Stilwell, Sarah M. – Language Learning and Development, 2015
Generic noun phrases, or generics, refer to abstract categories ("Dogs" bark) rather than particular individuals ("Those dogs" bark). Study 1 investigated how parents use gestures in association with generic versus particular reference during naturalistic interactions with their 2- and 3-year-old children. Parents provided…
Descriptors: Cues, Nonverbal Communication, Undergraduate Students, Nouns