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Empirical Verification of the Polish Formula of Text Difficulty
Cognitive Studies | Études cognitives, 2015 Empirical Verification of the Polish Formula of Text Difficulty The aim of the study was to verify the accuracy of the formula for assessing the difficulty of texts written in Polish (Pisarek 1969).
Edyta Charzyńska +1 more
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Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics, 2016 At universities, textbooks are still a primary source of course content. However, this can only be efficacious if the intended readers are able to comprehend the content of the textbooks adequately.
Wissing, Gerrit-Jan +2 more
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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examined English vocabulary learning by using three types of flashcards: paper flashcards, non‐gamified mobile application (app) flashcards (i.e., digital flashcards), and gamified mobile app flashcards (i.e., gamified flashcards) in a privately owned language institute in Iran.
Ali Soyoof +3 more
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Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2019 Predictions of future events play an important role in daily activities, such as visual search, listening, or reading. They allow us to plan future actions and to anticipate their outcomes.
Bruno Bianchi +4 more
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The CLOZE Procedure and the Learning of Programming [PDF]
The International Journal of Learning: Annual Review, 2006 Many students find great difficulty with the learning of programming. This paper discusses some of those difficulties and ways in which the cognitive load that students experience can be reduced. One way of reducing the load is to make use of the cloze method that is used in English comprehension testing. When used with the learning of programming, the
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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the types of scaffolding strategies employed by elementary teachers during read aloud sessions, with a specific focus on emergent bilingual students. Through a multi‐site explanatory case study involving 14 elementary teachers across four districts, we analyzed the frequency and quality of scaffold use, categorizing ...
Qingli Lei +2 more
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Dificuldades de aprendizagem em escrita e compreensão em leitura
Interação em Psicologia, 2002 This study aimed to investigate the difficulties of reading comprehension faced by some children in learning the written language. 194 second and third grade students from a public school in the suburbs of Poços de Caldas were studied.
Karla Aparecida Zucoloto +1 more
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How Do They Feel? Processing Others’ Emotions in Second Language Discourse
Language Learning, EarlyView.Abstract Emotion that is implied rather than literally expressed requires the processing of literal and pragmatic information. Processing multiple information types is an easy, fast process in the first language (L1) but can be costlier in a second language (L2), especially when emotional content is involved.
Andrea González‐García Aldariz +2 more
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Jurnal Bidang Pendidikan Dasar, 2018 Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengembangkan Lembar Kerja Siswa (LKS) saintifik berdasarkan indikator keterampilan berpikir kritis. LKS dikembangkan menggunakan model 4D, yang direduksi menjadi 3D, dengan desain penelitian one group pre-test post-test ...
Indra Kusuma Wardani +1 more
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Language Learning, EarlyView.Abstract This study investigated which type of Mandarin Chinese relative clause (RC)—subject‐extracted relative clause (SRC) or object‐extracted relative clause (ORC)—imposes greater processing demands on second language (L2) learners’ production. Sixty‐two native (L1) Mandarin speakers and 72 L1 Korean learners of Mandarin participated in a picture ...
Deran Kong, Sun‐A Kim, Jeong‐Ah Shin
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