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Harada, Tetsuo – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching (IRAL), 2007
This study analyzed the production of voice onset time (VOT) for /p, t, k/ in Japanese and English by English-speaking children (n = 15) in a Japanese immersion program. The immersion children produced Japanese voiceless stops with significantly longer VOT values than the monolingual Japanese children and the immersion teachers, but they produced…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Immersion Programs, Monolingualism, Bilingual Teachers
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Behrens, Heike – Language and Cognitive Processes, 2006
This study provides an account of the distributional information and the production rates in a particularly rich corpus of German child and adult language. Three structural domains are analysed: the parts-of-speech distribution for a coded corpus of circa one million words as well as the internal constituency of 300,000 noun phrases and almost…
Descriptors: Verbs, Nouns, Language Acquisition, German
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Mellow, J. Dean – Applied Linguistics, 2006
One of the great puzzles of language acquisition has been described as poverty of the stimulus: how are complex aspects of language acquired when they appear to be rare or even non-occurring in the input that a learner receives and comprehends? This article presents an emergentist solution to one aspect of this puzzle (involving relative clauses)…
Descriptors: Syntax, Phrase Structure, Longitudinal Studies, Case Studies
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Morgan-Short, Kara; Bowden, Harriet Wood – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2006
This study investigates the effects of meaningful input- and output-based practice on SLA. First-semester Spanish students (n = 45) were assigned to processing instruction, meaningful output-based instruction, or control groups. Experimental groups received the same input in instruction but received meaningful practice that was input or output…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Language Processing, Spanish
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Tanaka, Hiroya; Stapleton, Paul – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2007
A lack of reading quantity in EFL (English as a Foreign Language) classrooms has remained one of the most serious problems faced by teachers of English in Japan. Although the extensive reading (ER) approach is regarded as having significant potential in addressing this problem, it is not used in many EFL classrooms. This study investigates the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Pretests Posttests, Foreign Countries
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Borer, Linda – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2007
This study explored the effect on vocabulary retention of vocalizations involving three cognitive processing depths ("repetition," "manipulation," and "generation"). Eight participants in an English for academic purposes (EAP) context encountered five unknown words when working alone and five different words when working in pairs. In each…
Descriptors: Tests, Dictionaries, English for Academic Purposes, Inner Speech (Subvocal)
Ellis, Rod – 1991
The oral interaction hypothesis, proposed by Long and investigated by Pica, in second language (L2) acquisition is critiqued. The interaction hypothesis advances two major claims about the role of interaction in L2 acquisition: (1) comprehensible input is necessary for L2 acquisition; and (2) modifications to the interactional structure of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interaction, Language Proficiency, Linguistic Competence
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Ellis, Rod; He, Xien – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1999
Reports an experimental study of the differential effects of premodified input, internationally modified input, and modified output on the comprehension of directions in a listen-and-do task and the acquisition of new words embedded in the directions. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Incidental Learning, Linguistic Input, Second Language Instruction
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Bird, Stephen A.; Williams, John N. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2002
Two experiments examined the effect of single-modality (sound or text) and bimodal (sound and text) presentation on word meaning, as measured by both improvements in spoken word recognition efficiency and recognition memory. Both native and nonnative speakers of English were tested. Concludes simultaneous text presentation can aid novel word…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Linguistic Input, Memory, Native Speakers
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Oxford, Rebecca L.; Cohen, Andrew D. – Applied Language Learning, 1992
This article notes seven key problems in language learning strategy concepts and classification systems as they relate to empirical research in the area of second- and foreign language development and suggests ways to resolve these problems and thereby increase unity, coherence, and meaningfulness of language learning strategy research. (99…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Communicative Competence (Languages), Language Research, Learning Strategies
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Ninio, Anat – Journal of Child Language, 1992
Investigates the relationship between children's single word utterances and maternal single-word utterances expressing similar communicative intents in 24 Hebrew-speaking dyads (the children were aged about 1; 6). Results suggest that children's single-word utterances are similar to, and probably learned from, single-word utterances of caretakers…
Descriptors: Caregiver Speech, Children, Communication (Thought Transfer), Comparative Analysis
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Mangubhai, Francis – Applied Linguistics, 1991
Investigated the behaviors for processing language input demonstrated by five adults beginning to learn Hindi as a second language through the Total Physical Response method. The study suggests that, when adult learners are provided with comprehensive input, they engage in a variety of behaviors to extract meaning from it. (73 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Adults, Hindi, Language Processing, Language Proficiency
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Foster-Cohen, Susan H. – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1999
Discusses themes that relate to the connections between first- and second-language acquisition. Specific focus is on the following issues: whether there is a language instinct; what input could and does teach the child; rules and representations (i.e., how language resides in the individual); individual differences in language acquisition; and…
Descriptors: Grammar, Individual Differences, Language Acquisition, Language Research
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Sanz, Cristina; VanPatten, Bill – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1998
In response to a published study of second-language input processing and processing instruction, a relatively new concept in language teaching, misinterpretations of theoretical and conceptual issues are pointed out and methodological concerns about the study are discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: Language Processing, Language Research, Linguistic Input, Linguistic Theory
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Cummins, Jim – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2001
Outlines a framework for academic language learning that highlights the importance of focusing instructionally on meaning, language, and use. Reviews research that suggests that to develop students' academic language proficiency in bilingual or trilingual contexts, instruction must focus extensively on the processing of comprehensible input.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Cognitive Processes, Language Processing
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