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Kraemer, Angelika; Ahn, Seongmee; Hillman, Sara; Fei, Fei – CALICO Journal, 2009
Students learning foreign languages in the United States generally have little exposure to the target language outside the classroom. Web-based technology can facilitate language learning in context by offering easily accessible, authentic materials. This paper introduces MIMEA (Multimedia Interactive Modules for Education and Assessment), an…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Second Language Learning, Learning Modules, Language Skills
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Hudson Kam, Carla L.; Newport, Elissa L. – Cognitive Psychology, 2009
When natural language input contains grammatical forms that are used probabilistically and inconsistently, learners will sometimes reproduce the inconsistencies; but sometimes they will instead regularize the use of these forms, introducing consistency in the language that was not present in the input. In this paper we ask what produces such…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Artificial Languages, Adult Learning, Linguistic Input
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Elston-Guttler, Kerrie E.; Gunter, Thomas C. – Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 2009
We investigate how L1 phonology and semantics affect processing of interlingual homographs by manipulating language context before, and auditory input during, a visual experiment in the L2. Three experiments contained German-English homograph primes ("gift" = German "poison") in English sentences and was performed by German (L1) learners of…
Descriptors: Sentences, Phonology, Second Language Learning, Language Acquisition
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Sanz, Cristina; Lin, Hui-Ju; Lado, Beatriz; Bowden, Harriet Wood; Stafford, Catherine A. – Language Learning, 2009
The article summarizes results from two experimental studies on reactivity. In the first experiment, 24 college-age participants received a computerized treatment that delivered a grammar lesson, practice, and feedback on assignment of semantic functions in Latin. Verbalizations did not induce reactivity on accuracy, but they slowed down posttest…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Semantics, Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Instruction
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Nah, Ki Chune; White, Peter; Sussex, Roland – ReCALL, 2008
Interest in the use of a mobile phone to access the Internet for learning English in general, and listening skills in particular, has been increasing in Korea over the last few years. However, there has been only a small number of studies on this topic in Korea. The present paper investigates the potential of using a mobile phone to browse…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Undergraduate Students, Foreign Countries, Listening Skills
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Lee, Sang-Ki; Huang, Hung-Tzu – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2008
Effects of pedagogical interventions with visual input enhancement on grammar learning have been investigated by a number of researchers during the past decade and a half. The present review delineates this research domain via a systematic synthesis of 16 primary studies (comprising 20 unique study samples) retrieved through an exhaustive…
Descriptors: Effect Size, Linguistic Input, Intervention, Grammar
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Hayes, John R.; Chenoweth, N. Ann – Written Communication, 2007
A number of studies have found that writers produce text in bursts of language. That is, when creating a text, writers produce a few words, pause, produce a few more words, pause, and so on. Chenoweth and Hayes (2003) hypothesized that language bursts occur when writers translate ideas in to new language. This study tested this hypothesis against…
Descriptors: Written Language, Memory, Editing, Writing Processes
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Berent, Gerald P.; Kelly, Ronald R.; Schueler-Choukairi, Tanya – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2009
English sentences containing the universal quantifiers "each", "every", and "all" are highly complex structures in view of the subtleties of their scope properties and resulting ambiguities. This study explored the acquisition of universal quantifier sentences as reflected in the performance of three diverse college-level student groups on a…
Descriptors: Sentences, Semantics, Nouns, Deafness
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Robins, Sarah; Treiman, Rebecca – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2009
In six analyses using the Child Language Data Exchange System known as CHILDES, we explored whether and how parents and their 1.5- to 5-year-old children talk about writing. Parent speech might include information about the similarity between print and speech and about the difference between writing and drawing. Parents could convey similarity…
Descriptors: Semantics, Written Language, Freehand Drawing, Linguistic Input
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Sanford, Alison J. S.; Sanford, Anthony J.; Molle, Jo; Emmott, Catherine – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2006
Processing of discourse seems to be far from uniform with much evidence indicating that it can be quite shallow. The question is then what modulates depth of processing? A range of discourse devices exist that we believe may lead to more detailed processing of language input (Attention Capturers), thus serving as modulators of processing enabling…
Descriptors: Semantics, Linguistic Input, Cognitive Processes, Experiments
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Zhao, Renyu – International Education Studies, 2008
Along with the development of linguistic science, the second language acquisition (SLA) has become an independent subject. Its theory is widely accepted and applied to the foreign language-teaching field. The mark theory, the mother tongue transfer theory, language input theory, cultural introject theory and so on have important enlightenment and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Learning Theories, Second Language Instruction, Native Language
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Anthony, Angela R. Beckman – Reading Teacher, 2008
Language production, or output, is not simply a product to demonstrate learning but part of the learning process. The output hypothesis, a theoretical model of second-language acquisition, proposes that second-language learners must produce the language they are learning in order to obtain a level of proficiency similar to that of native speakers.…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Literacy, Native Speakers, English (Second Language)
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Marinac, Julie V.; Woodyatt, Gail C.; Ozanne, Anne E. – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2008
This paper reports the design and trial of an original Observational Framework for quantitative investigation of young children's responses to adult language in their typical language learning environments. The Framework permits recording of both the response expectation of the adult utterances, and the degree of compliance in the child's…
Descriptors: Young Children, Linguistic Input, Observation, Statistical Analysis
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De Santis, Paulina – Applied Language Learning, 2008
This article contributes to the growing body of research investigating the effects of drawing learner attention to the problematic aspects of the linguistic input in the context of meaning-focused instruction. One specific approach to concentrate learner attention on form in the written input is known as textual enhancement. The pilot study…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Creoles, Morphemes, Linguistic Input
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Zyzik, Eve – Foreign Language Annals, 2008
This article describes a third-year Spanish grammar course that is taught in lecture/discussion format. The course, which enrolls over 150 students each semester, provides explicit instruction during a weekly lecture and opportunities for students to engage in meaningful output and interaction during small group discussion sessions. The goal is to…
Descriptors: Group Discussion, Grammar, Course Descriptions, Lecture Method
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