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The Modern Language Journal, Volume 110, Issue 1, Page 210-239, Spring 2026.Abstract Multimodal materials (e.g., written text supplemented by images and/or audio) are commonplace in language classrooms. While they have been consistently shown to be beneficial for vocabulary acquisition, the efficacy of multimodal input in scaffolding text comprehension is less clear. Conflicting findings have also been reported in terms of the
Tetiana Tytko +2 more
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Reading versus listening: Which one is more effective for incidental vocabulary learning?
The Modern Language Journal, Volume 110, Issue 1, Page 6-30, Spring 2026.Abstract The article examines incidental vocabulary acquisition, focusing on the differential impacts of input modalities—reading versus listening—on learning of single words and multi‐word expressions. Eighty‐eight university students of L2 Italian were assigned to one of the three groups: (a) reading half of an authentic Italian novel, (b) listening ...
Mahnaz Aliyar +2 more
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The Modern Language Journal, Volume 110, Issue 1, Page 159-187, Spring 2026.Abstract Our research investigated how L2 and L1 reading, L1 low‐level skills and working memory are related to ratings and the linguistic characteristics (productivity, cohesion, lexical sophistication and diversity, syntactic complexity, and accuracy) of argumentative and narrative texts. The research was conducted in Hungary with 95 secondary school
Judit Kormos, Csilla Bartha
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Introduction to the special issue on Nigerian English
World Englishes, Volume 45, Issue 1, Page 2-6, March 2026.Abstract This article introduces this special issue of World Englishes devoted to Nigerian English. It outlines the significance of this special issue (and of Nigerian English) within global Englishes scholarship. It situates Nigerian English as one of the most demographically, functionally and intellectually important postcolonial varieties of English,
Kingsley O. Ugwuanyi
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Cultural conceptualisations and the cultural model of fertility and infertility in Nigerian English
World Englishes, Volume 45, Issue 1, Page 163-181, March 2026.Abstract The article scrutinises the concepts of fertility and infertility as reflected in Nigerian English. For this, a mixed‐methods approach is suggested that uses the Corpus of Global Web‐based English as a resource to shed light on lexical frequency and collocations, as well as a newspaper corpus of online articles from The Guardian and Vanguard ...
Anna Finzel
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Phonological processing and the L2 mental lexicon: Looking back and moving forward
Studies in Second Language AcquisitionTwenty-five years ago, the publication of an article by Pallier, Colomé and Sebastián-Gallés (2001) launched a new and rapidly evolving research program on how second language (L2) learners represent the phonological forms of words in their mental lexicons.
Darcy, Isabelle +6 more
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Dual language intervention in a case of severe speech sound disorder
Revista de Investigación en Logopedia, 2014 This single case study of a bilingual child with a severe speech sound disorder examined whether language transference occurs when treatment is provided in L1 or L2 and whether monolingual or bilingual intervention is most effective.
Eliane Ramos, Jean Mead
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Phonological awareness in l2 acquisition: a terminological discussion
, 2020 The discussion about the role of phonological awareness in second language (L2) phonological acquisition is not new. However, many papers use a different terminology to refer to this cognitive ability. This paper aims to present different terminologies used in works on L2 acquisition, discuss theoretical positions that led to those nomenclatures, as ...
Gomes, Almir Anacleto de Araújo +2 more
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A Mouse Tracking Study of the Perception of English Affricate Onsets in Native Mandarin Learners. [PDF]
J Psycholinguist ResWang Y, Bundgaard-Nielsen RL.
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