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IntroductionResearch is still emerging on how to develop school leaders’ instructional capacity. We implemented research-based practices through virtual professional leadership learning communities (VPLCs) for building school leaders’ instructional ...
Roya Pashmforoosh +3 more
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Learning Strategies in Second Language Acquisition: Subject index
Series editors' preface Preface 1. Introduction 2. A cognitive theory of learning 3. How cognitive theory applies to second language acquisition 4. Learning strategies: methods and research 5. Strategies used by second language learners 6. Instruction in
J. M. O'malley, A. U. Chamot
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Interaction and instructed second language acquisition
Interaction is an indispensable component in second language acquisition (SLA). This review surveys the instructed SLA research, both classroom and laboratory-based, that has been conducted primarily within the interactionist approach, beginning with the
S. Loewen, Masatoshi Sato
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We conducted a research synthesis to examine the impact of cooperative, collaborative, and peer-tutoring strategies on elementary English learners’ (EL) reading and oral proficiencies in studies from the United States.
Shifang Tang +3 more
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Specific language impairment (SLI) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder (NDD) that displays high heritability estimates. Genetic studies have identified several loci, but the molecular basis of SLI remains unclear.
Erin M. Andres +4 more
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Perceptual beginnings to language acquisition
In this article, I present a selective review of research on speech perception development and its relation to reference, word learning, and other aspects of language acquisition, focusing on the empirical and theoretical contributions that have come ...
J. Werker
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Bringing Race Into Second Language Acquisition
RECENTLY, SEVERAL NEWS ARTICLES WERE published celebrating the bilingualism of Princess Charlotte, the young daughter of Prince William and Catherine Middleton. A headline from Independent noted, “Princess Charlotte is already bilingual at age two,” with
N. Flores, J. Rosa
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Fifty-six Portuguese speakers born and raised in Brazil produced Portuguese words beginning in one of four plosives, /p b k ɡ/. Twenty-eight of them were monolinguals (controls), and the rest were learners of English as a foreign language (EFL).
Denise M. Osborne, Miquel Simonet
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Intonation words in initial intentional communication of Mandarin-speaking children
Intonation words play a very important role in early childhood language development and serve as a crucial entry point for studying children’s language acquisition.
Yunqiu Zhang, Jiantao Li, Yang Zhang
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The Flowering of Positive Psychology in Foreign Language Teaching and Acquisition Research
The present contribution offers an overview of a new area of research in the field of foreign language acquisition, which was triggered by the introduction of Positive Psychology (PP) (MacIntyre and Gregersen, 2012).
Jean–Marc Dewaele +3 more
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