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The Role of Second Language Reading Proficiency in Moderating Second Language Word Recognition

Education Sciences
Drawing upon the division of labor between orthographic and phonological information, this study investigated whether and how L2 reading proficiency moderates learners’ reliance on phonological and orthographic information in retrieving word meanings.
Xiaomeng Li, Tianxu Chen
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Phonological skills as predictor of reading success: An investigation of emergent bilingual Northern Sotho/English learners

Per Linguam : A Journal of Language Learning, 2013
The relationship between phonological skills and reading has not been studied extensively in the African languages spoken in South Africa. This study focuses on phonological skills and reading in emergent bilingual Northern Sotho/English learners.
Wilsenach, Carien
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Oral language profiles and associated factors in children after neonatal arterial ischaemic stroke

Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.
Abstract Aim To characterize language outcomes at age 7 years after neonatal arterial ischaemic stroke (NAIS) and identify language profiles and determinants. Method This prospective longitudinal cohort study included 70 children (44 males) from a French cohort with NAIS.
Laure Drutel, Virginie Dardier, Lena Avoyan, Lucie Hertz‐Pannier, Mickaël Dinomais   +4 more
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An Analysis of Lukabaras Borrowed Verbs from English

Journal of Linguistics, Literary and Communication Studies
English as an official language, has come in contact with indigenous languages in Kenya. English has therefore become one of the major donors of loanwords to these indigenous languages, Lukabaras being one of the beneficiaries.
Maxmillah Mudogo, Lucy Mandillah, Ben Nyongesa   +2 more
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Developmental stuttering with common and complex phenotypes

Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.
Aim To describe the phenotypic spectrum associated with stuttering. Method Individuals with current or resolved developmental stuttering self‐referred. Surveys assessed stuttering characteristics (onset, negative impact, family history) and health (early development, other conditions). Speech and non‐verbal intelligence were assessed using conversation
Sarah E. Horton, Daisy A. Shepherd, Stephanie Siemers, Miya St John, Juliette Catherall, Ingrid E. Scheffer, Angela T. Morgan   +6 more
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Bridging the Gap Between L1 and L2: Enhanced Emotional Vocabulary Through Elaborative Processing in Spanish‐Speaking English Language Learners

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Foreign languages are often learnt in formal and disembodied environments which may limit the emotional resonance of their vocabulary and their pragmatic usage in real‐life communication. In a context of English as a foreign language (EFL), this study examines whether elaborative processing as a teaching strategy leads to changes in the ...
María Jesús Sánchez, Elisa Pérez‐García, María Belén López Arroyo, Beatriz Bermúdez‐Margaretto   +3 more
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L3 Regressive Transfer: A Study of Null Objects in the Basque and Spanish Grammars of Advanced L3 English Speakers

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Regressive transfer has been a subject that has not been extensively researched in the field of third language acquisition. This study aims to examine the extent to which a highly advanced knowledge of a third language (L3) affects the first language (L1) and the second language (L2) of early bilinguals in light of the Differential Stability ...
Maddi Alkain Arizmendi, María del Pilar García Mayo, Leona Polyanskaya   +2 more
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Writing System Modulates the Association between Sensitivity to Acoustic Cues in Music and Reading Ability: Evidence from Chinese–English Bilingual Children

Frontiers in Psychology, 2017
Music and language share many attributes and a large body of evidence shows that sensitivity to acoustic cues in music is positively related to language development and even subsequent reading acquisition.
Juan Zhang, Yaxuan Meng, Chenggang Wu, Danny Q. Zhou   +3 more
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Word Associations in a Minoritised Language: The Case of Cymraeg (Welsh)

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As with many research strands in linguistics, word association (WA) literature is dominated by English language data. This paper (i) explores the extent to which methodologies developed to date are applicable to other languages—specifically, Welsh (Cymraeg)—and (ii) investigates what WA analysis can reveal about lexical organisation and ...
Tess Fitzpatrick, Steve Morris, Theodore Mills   +2 more
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Pre‐Task Explicit Instruction, Input Modality, and Working Memory in L2 Oral Self‐Repair

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the central role of tasks in language education and ensuing research documenting how task‐related variables might affect language performance and learning, it remains unclear whether pre‐task explicit instruction, input modality, and working memory (WM) influence how learners monitor and repair grammatical structures in real‐time ...
Reza Yadollahpour, Mostafa Pourhaji, Michael Sadeghi   +2 more
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