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Tamis-LeMonda, Catherine S.; Kuchirko, Yana; Luo, Rufan; Escobar, Kelly; Bornstein, Marc H. – Developmental Science, 2017
Methods can powerfully affect conclusions about infant experiences and learning. Data from naturalistic observations may paint a very different picture of learning and development from those based on structured tasks, as illustrated in studies of infant walking, object permanence, intention understanding, and so forth. Using language as a model…
Descriptors: Infants, Language Acquisition, Play, Observation
Wang, Yuxia – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017
The correct use of English verb argument structure is crucial for foreign learners of the English language. Based on an experimental study recruiting 162 Chinese English learners at different proficiency levels, this book suggests that the acquisition of English transitivity alternation follows as a consequence of the cognitive processing of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Linguistic Input, Language Proficiency
Davis, Larry; Norris, John – ETS Research Report Series, 2021
The elicited imitation task (EIT), in which language learners listen to a series of spoken sentences and repeat each one verbatim, is a commonly used measure of language proficiency in second language acquisition research. The "TOEFL® Essentials"™ test includes an EIT as a holistic measure of speaking proficiency, referred to as the…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Language Proficiency, Speech Communication, Language Tests
Castañeda, Daniel A. – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2021
This study was designed to explore improvement in conversational interactions by English speakers learning Spanish when exposed to task-based speaking activities in three phases. Fifty-three college students enrolled in Intermediate Spanish 1 and Intermediate Spanish 2 engaged in input activities, recorded summaries and reflections on the input…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Alper, Rebecca M.; Beiting, Molly; Luo, Rufan; Jaen, Julia; Peel, Michaela; Levi, Omer; Robinson, Caitanne; Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: Understanding variability sources in early language interaction is critical to identifying children whose development is at risk and designing interventions. Variability across socioeconomic status (SES) groups has been extensively explored. However, SES is a limited individual clinical indicator. For example, it is not generally directly…
Descriptors: Mothers, Child Caregivers, Parent Child Relationship, Interaction
Taliancich-Klinger, Casey L.; Bedore, Lisa M.; Pena, Elizabeth D. – Journal of Child Language, 2018
Preposition knowledge is important for academic success. The goal of this project was to examine how different variables such as English input and output, Spanish preposition score, mother education level, and age of English exposure (AoEE) may have played a role in children's preposition knowledge in English. 148 Spanish-English children between…
Descriptors: Accuracy, Repetition, Task Analysis, Spanish
Georgiou, Georgios P.; Perfilieva, Natalia V.; Tenizi, Maria – Language Learning and Development, 2020
Previous research has shown that an increased second language (L2) vocabulary size leads to better attunement to the cues required to distinguish L2 contrastive phones. This has been the central tenet of the vocabulary-tuning model (vocab) on the basis of evidence by Japanese learners of English in Australia. We aim to test the validity of the…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Vowels, Linguistic Input, Second Language Learning
Chun, Eunjin – English Teaching, 2020
Research suggests that prediction is important for language comprehension and learning. Accordingly, it becomes crucial to understand factors that can influence prediction. In this regard, speakers' prior linguistic experience such as parsing bias has been claimed to affect prediction in the error-based learning account. To test this claim, the…
Descriptors: Prediction, Prior Learning, Eye Movements, Short Term Memory
Namaziandost, Ehsan; Mohammed Sawalmeh, Murad Hassan; Izadpanah Soltanabadi, Masoumeh – Cogent Education, 2020
The current study investigates the effect of massed and spaced instruction on vocabulary recall and retention. To fulfill this objective, 75 Iranian pre-intermediate EFL learners (16 to 19 years) took part in 15 sessions of 60 minutes. The participants were randomly divided into three experimental groups; a spaced distribution group (n = 25), a…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Chen, Hao-Jan Howard; Hsu, Hsiao-Ling – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2020
One of the more rapidly advancing subfields of second language acquisition research is Digital-game based language learning (DGBLL) and many studies have found that Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) games can have a positive effect on vocabulary acquisition. COTS games are specifically made for entertainment purposes, while serious games, which…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Computer Games, Game Based Learning, Simulated Environment
Nushi, Musa; Orouji, Fereshte – SAGE Open, 2020
Listening has long been recognized as a challenging skill for teachers, students, and researchers working within the English as a Second Language (ESL)/English as a Foreign Language (EFL) contexts. Moreover, up until the recent past, it was the least researched of the four language skills in second language acquisition studies. One of the issues…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
Mehdiyev, Esmira – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2020
The purpose of this study is to reveal the opinions of the Sivas Cumhuriyet University students, majoring at English Language Teaching Department in the 2017-2018 academic year, about the autonomous learning process to acquire English speaking proficiency. This study, which aims to reveal the sources that affect the students' autonomous learning…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Student Attitudes, Independent Study, Personal Autonomy
Uztosun, Mehmet Sercan – Language Learning Journal, 2020
This article reports on the development of a scale for measuring the self-regulated motivation for improving speaking English as a foreign language (EFL). The scale, which is informed by Pintrich's self-regulated learning (SRL) model, addresses motivational aspects of SRL. The scale was constructed in three stages: item pooling, exploratory factor…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Self Management, English (Second Language), Positive Attitudes
Jones, Samuel David – First Language, 2020
High rates of error and variability in early word production may signal speech sound disorder. However, there is little consensus regarding the degree of error and variability that may be expected in the typical range. Relatedly, while variables including child age, word frequency and word phonological neighbourhood density are associated with…
Descriptors: Native Language, Age Differences, Vocabulary Development, Computational Linguistics
Jabsheh, Abd-AL-Hameeed Mustafa – Online Submission, 2020
The role and usage of (L1) in the teaching-learning of (L2) has been a controversial issue between supporters and opponents of such a role and usage, without reaching a settled conclusion, and without, as far as the researcher knows, defining the attributes, setting up limits and boundaries, providing a scope, and spotting any referential point,…
Descriptors: Native Language, Language Role, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction