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Receptive Vocabulary and Semantic Knowledge in Children with SLI and Children with Down Syndrome [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Receptive vocabulary and associated semantic knowledge were compared within and between groups of children with specific language impairment (SLI), children with Down syndrome (DS), and typically developing children. To overcome the potential confounding
Ang, Su Yin Y   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Genric Differentiation in the Relationship between L2 Vocabulary Knowledge and Writing Performance

open access: yesJournal of Modern Research in English Language Studies, 2021
In cognitive process theories of L2 writing, the rich lexical knowledge plays a key role in facilitated writing performance. Therefore, the inquiry into the relationship between aspects of vocabulary knowledge and writing performance can proffer ...
Davoud Amini , Zahra Iravani
doaj   +1 more source

Learning and retaining specialized vocabulary from textbook reading:comparison of learning outcomes through L1 and L2 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This study investigated the acquisition of specialized vocabulary from L1 and L2 textbook reading by 64 Slovak high school students who were intermediate or advanced users of English. The students were divided into two groups: One group read the academic
Gablasova, Dana
core   +1 more source

The Role of Situational Context and Linguistic Context when Testing EFL Vocabulary Knowledgde in a Language Teacher Education Program: A Preliminary Approach

open access: yesColombian Applied Linguistics Journal, 2013
This research aims to provide a preliminary approach on to what extent linguistic and situational contexts are conducive to successful vocabulary recognition in discrete-item testing in the context of a language teacher education program in Bogotá.
Claudia Patricia Franco   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The relationship between language proficiency and Iranian EFL learners' knowledge of vocabulary depth versus vocabulary breadth

open access: yesLatin American Journal of Content and Language Integrated Learning, 2013
The present study intended to examine the relationship between language proficiency and Iranian EFL learners' knowledge of vocabulary depth versus vocabulary breadth.
Gholam-Ali Tahmasebi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Structural Equation Modeling of Vocabulary Size and Depth Using Conventional and Bayesian Methods

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2020
In classifications of vocabulary knowledge, vocabulary size and depth have often been separately conceptualized (Schmitt, 2014). Although size and depth are known to be substantially correlated, it is not clear whether they are a single construct or two ...
Rie Koizumi, Yo In’nami
doaj   +1 more source

The Effects of Three Methods of Morphological Awareness on Iranian Intermediate EFL Learners’ Breadth and Depth of Vocabulary Knowledge [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Modern Research in English Language Studies, 2019
Morphological awareness is currently receiving an increasing amount of attention in the literature on second language learning. This study investigated the effect of three methods of morphological awareness (i.e.
Behnam Ghasemi, Mehdi Vaez-Dalili
doaj   +1 more source

Reading comprehension is modulated by lexical-semantic knowledge in skilled and less-skilled comprehenders

open access: yesCalidoscópio, 2022
Skilled (SCs) and less-skilled comprehenders (L-SCs) are known for differing in some cognitive and linguistic aspects, including vocabulary knowledge. However, research should more deeply analyze the nature of this vocabulary difference.
Lucilene Bender de Sousa   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Eye-tracking measurements of language processing: developmental differences in children at high risk for ASD [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
To explore how being at high risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD), based on having an older sibling diagnosed with ASD, affects word comprehension and language processing speed, 18-, 24- and 36-month-old children, at high and low risk for ASD were ...
Arunachalam, Sudha   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Young children's perspectives of time: New directions for co‐constructing understandings of quality in ECEC

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Children's relationship with time in preschools is an under‐researched area. Young children rarely know how to measure time using a clock, but their experiences of time may contribute to understanding children's well‐being and debates about quality in preschools.
Kristín Dýrfjörð   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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