Urdu-English Perceptual Confusions in Bilingual Children with Normal Hearing and Cochlear Implants: An Analysis of Place, Manner, and Voicing Features. [PDF]
Siddiqui AA +4 more
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Language Experience Shapes Creative Idea Generation
ABSTRACT Bilinguals often outperform monolinguals on creative tasks, suggesting a positive link between bilingualism and creativity. However, the inconsistent definitions of both bilingualism and creativity have made it difficult to understand the precise factors driving the association.
Matias Fernandez‐Duque +2 more
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Phonological awareness in Urdu language speaking children with down syndrome (DS). [PDF]
Khalil M, Mumtaz N, Saqulain G, Anis FN.
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ABSTRACT This study examines how two pre‐service English teachers in Türkiye navigate the racialized (whiteness‐Europeanness‐indexed) and marketized legitimacy regimes of the private English language teaching sector. Drawing on a language teacher identity lens and a political economy account of accent commodification, we analyze the contrasting ...
Onur Özkaynak, Peter Sayer
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How Memory Shapes Second-Language Vocabulary Acquisition in Primary School Learners. [PDF]
Artuso C +3 more
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M is for Apple: Biliteracy for Pre‐Service Teachers
Abstract This qualitative study explores the dynamics between pre‐service and cooperating teachers, emphasizing the need to shift traditional power structures. It highlights the value of pre‐service teachers' biliteracy knowledge and the importance of reflective practice.
Jennifer Arcila
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Predicting Risk for Reading Difficulty among Spanish-English Speaking Students: Classification Accuracy of Kindergarten Oral Language and Early Literacy. [PDF]
Goodrich JM +4 more
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Abstract This study examined the effects of repeated viewing and reading fluency on incidental second language vocabulary acquisition through captioned video exposure. A total of 149 Japanese EFL learners watched a short animation with or without captions, varying in the number of repetitions (once, twice, or three times).
Satsuki Kurokawa, Takumi Uchihara
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Hemodynamic Responses to Word Forms in Japanese Infant-Directed Vocabulary in 5- and 9-Month-Old Infants: Early Sensitivity to Prosodic Structure and Emergence of Prosodic Representations. [PDF]
Akimoto Y +5 more
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Cumulative Testing for Learning Spoken Vocabulary
Abstract Cumulative testing is known to improve vocabulary learning by integrating both new and previously introduced words in weekly quizzes. While evidence for its benefits is promising, prior research has primarily focused on the written mode of vocabulary, with target words studied, practiced, and tested in the visual mode only.
Ryo Maie, Takumi Uchihara
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