The accentedness of English as an additional language (EAL): A nonnative speaker’s perspective [PDF]
Asian Journal of English Language Studies (AJELS), 2020 The perception of foreign speech is a complicated process from acoustic and visual cues as well as the attitudes we have towards linguistic variation. We also make judgments about the speech of others, such as accentedness.
Paul Lochland
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Bellaterra Journal of Teaching & Learning Language & Literature, 2017 Traditionally, language teaching has been grounded on a monolingual bias and the strict separation of languages has been conceived as a requirement to ensure foreign language learning success.
Laura Portolés, Otilia Martí
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Evidence-Based Interventions for Young Dual Language Learners With or at Risk of Language Impairment: A Scoping Review. [PDF]
Int J Lang Commun DisordABSTRACT Background Early intervention professionals, including speech‐language pathologists, teachers, and policymakers, face significant challenges in understanding and supporting young dual language learners who have or are at risk of language impairment. The existing research evidence base is fragmented and relatively sparse, and the overall extent
Song Y, Ohi S.
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A Data-Driven Approach to the Issue of 'Catching Up With Monolinguals'. [PDF]
Int J Lang Commun DisordABSTRACT Background Multilingual children in monolingual education systems are generally assessed against monolingual norms, raising questions about identifying genuine language support needs versus expected developmental trajectories. Aims This study aimed to identify: (1) the amount of cumulative exposure to the societal language (SL) beyond which ...
De Cat C +5 more
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The Effect of Emojis on L2 Irony Processing for Chinese EFL Learners. [PDF]
Psych JABSTRACT Second language (L2) learners often struggle to draw on embodied emotional experiences in the target language, which impedes their rapid and accurate interpretation of nonliteral ironic meaning. Grounded in embodied cognition theory, the present study examined how emojis and the valence congruity between emojis and contextual information ...
Su W, Habil H.
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‘The moustache’ returns: referential metonymy acquisition in adult learners of English as an additional language (EAL) [PDF]
Language and Cognition, 2021 abstractReferential metonymy, e.g. ‘the moustache(= man with a moustache) sits down first’, appears early in L1 acquisition (Falkum, Recasens & Clark, 2017). Yet how does it emerge in pragmatically mature but linguistically developing adult L2 learners?
JOSEPHINE BOWERMAN +2 more
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The pedagogical benefits of a lexical database (SciE-Lex) to assist the production of publishable biomedical texts by EAL writers [PDF]
Ibérica, 2017 Research has demonstrated that it is challenging for English as an Additional Language (EAL) writers to acquire phraseological competence in academic English and develop a good working knowledge of discipline-specific formulaic language.
Natalia Judith Laso +1 more
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Child and school staff perceptions and experiences of universal social and emotional learning curricula in context: A qualitative case study registered report examining 'Passport Skills for Life'. [PDF]
Br J Educ PsycholAbstract Background There is increasing interest in the circumstances under which universal school‐based social and emotional learning (SEL) interventions can be most effective, and how implementation moderates intervention outcomes. We focus on the implementation of ‘Passport Skills for Life’, an SEL intervention that has been introduced into over 100
Demkowicz O +13 more
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English-as-an-Additional-Language Employees’ Perspectives on Writing in the Workplace
BC TEAL Journal, 2020 This article presents study results on workplace writing from English-as-an-additional-language (EAL) employees’ perspectives, and shares findings about how educational institutions in British Columbia can better prepare EAL students to write in the ...
Jim Hu, Lachlan Gonzales
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