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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
doaj   +1 more source

Native-language phonetic and phonological influences on perception of American English approximants by Danish and German listeners

J. Phonetics, 2012
Perception of non-native consonant contrasts may be influenced by phonetic, as well as phonological, properties of the listener's native language.
Ocke-Schwen Bohn, C. Best
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Correcting automatically generated closed captions for online learning materials does not improve student learning outcomes (although students believe it does)

British Journal of Educational Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Lecture capture is ubiquitous in higher education. Lecture capture recordings are typically accompanied by automatically generated closed captions that are sometimes corrected by humans. Students self‐report that they benefit from captions, and particularly human‐corrected captions.
Peter J. Allen, Polly Barr, Kristopher G. Magee, Imogen van Jaarsveldt, Andy Wakefield   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Phonological resistance and innovation in the North-West of England. [PDF]

, 2006
Over the past few decades, studies of dialect levelling have concluded that phonological convergence amongst varieties of British English is rife. This review attempts to demonstrate the opposite, in the variety of English spoken in Liverpool.
Watson, Kevin
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Predicting bilingual Spanish–English children’s phonological awareness abilities from their preschool English and Spanish oral language

Journal of Research in Reading, 2011
This longitudinal study investigated the relationship between oral language abilities and phonological awareness in 85 typically developing, Spanish–English preschool children (average age in preschool was 3 years, 9 months). Receptive language skills in
Shelley E. Scarpino, Frank Lawrence, M. Davison, C. Hammer   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The role of digital media in the home learning environment and associations with children's early language and literacy skills

British Journal of Educational Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Young children increasingly engage with digital media tools for purposes of education, entertainment and communication. This study examines children's digital media activities within the context of their larger home learning environment (HLE).
Burcu H. Tatar, Lori E. Skibbe, Ryan P. Bowles, Hope K. Gerde   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Syntactic awareness as a mediator of reading–writing relations in young Chinese L2 learners

Foreign Language Annals, EarlyView.
Abstract This longitudinal study examined the mediating role of syntactic awareness in reading–writing relations among young learners of Chinese as a second language (L2). A total of 177 students from non‐Chinese‐speaking backgrounds in Hong Kong were assessed annually from Grades 4 to 6 on word‐level literacy (character reading, spelling), sentence ...
Yu Ka Wong, Dongbo Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

A Descriptive Study of Segmental Phonological Features in American and Singapore English

Journal of English Language Teaching and Literature
This study aims to describe the segmental phonological features found in the speech of Abele’s American English and Roger’s Singapore English as represented in the Clash of Champions program by Ruangguru.
Meyla Shidqiyah, Yudy Prasetyo, Siti Aisyah   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source