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Direct linkBarcroft, Joe – Foreign Language Annals, 2004
This article discusses the importance of vocabulary in second language acquisition (SLA), presents an overview of major strands of research on vocabulary acquisition, and discusses five principles for effective second language (L2) vocabulary instruction based on research findings on lexical input processing. These principles emphasize…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development, Verbal Development, Teaching Methods
Download full textRIESSMAN, FRANK – 1965
AMONG A NUMBER OF SPECIFIC TECHNIQUES FOR TEACHING THE DISADVANTAGED ARE (1) THE DIALECT GAME, IN WHICH THE CHILD'S SLANG, "HIP" TALK OR MISPRONUNCIATION IS USED AS THE BASIS FOR LEARNING MORE CONVENTIONAL TERMINOLOGY OR FOR CONVEYING MEANINGS TO HIM WHICH HE OTHERWISE WOULD NOT GRASP, (2) THE HELPER PRINCIPLE (6TH-GRADERS CAN BE HELPFUL…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Innovation, Inservice Teacher Education, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedCoomber, James E.; And Others – Research in the Teaching of English, 1986
Investigates whether students could more easily remember synthetic words by rehearsing with definitions, examples, or sentence composing. Concludes that students who used sentence composing performed better on a posttest than those who had rehearsed using examples and definitions. (SRT)
Descriptors: Definitions, Higher Education, Language Processing, Language Research
BERNHEIM, GLORIA D. – 1967
THREE- AND 4-YEAR-OLDS WERE GIVEN VERBAL LEARNING PRETRAINING TO DETERMINE ITS EFFECT UPON THE PERFORMANCE OF REVERSAL AND NONREVERSAL SHIFT DISCRIMINATION TASKS. THE EXPERIMENTAL TASK WAS THE CLASSICAL REVERSAL-NONREVERSAL SHIFT PARADIGM. THE 96 PRE-SCHOOLERS, PRIMARILY FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY NURSERY SCHOOL, WERE DIVIDED INTO 4…
Descriptors: Child Development, Concept Formation, Learning Processes, Learning Theories
Peer reviewedDaniels, Marilyn – Child Study Journal, 1996
Examined the effect over time of the use of sign language in a two-year period, including preschool and ending with kindergarten, on hearing children's language development. Found vocabulary gains, no evidence of memory decay over time, and positive evidence for inclusion of sign language instruction in early childhood education. (SD)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Strategies, Kindergarten, Kindergarten Children
Muller, Charles – 1978
A study is described of heuristic devices useful in learning both native and second languages. The study concerns particularly the means used by very young students (second and third graders) in vocabulary acquisition and in the establishment of semantic relationships. It was of concern to verify if (1) the children would use their knowledge of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Discovery Learning, Discovery Processes, Elementary Education
Center for Applied Linguistics, Arlington, VA. – 1975
Oral language development in early childhood education is concerned with conceptual development as well as with skill formation. There seems to be an order in which most children learn to verbalize basic concepts. This guide lists classroom activities that may be used to facilitate and enhance the conceptual development of kindergarten children in…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Educational Games
