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First Exposure to a Second Language

2014
The initial state of learner spontaneous input processing in foreign language learning, as well as the extent to which this processing leads to intake, is of central importance to theoreticians and teachers alike. In this collection of original studies, leading experts examine a range of issues, such as what learners do when faced with a language they ...
Han, Zhaohong, Rast, Rebekah
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Television exposure and language development

Journal of Broadcasting, 1982
A language sample and a television log were collected from 93 preschool children. Correlations between the language sophistication levels of the subjects and television exposure showed a significant negative inverse relationship. Differential results between types of programs viewed and language development suggest support for an environmentalist ...
Gary W. Selnow, Erwin P. Bettinghaus
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Second language exposure in the preschool

2016
Abstract An emerging situation in Turkey involves the acquisition of a second language (L2; English) in a context where the first language (L1; Turkish) is the majority language by children from advantaged social backgrounds.
Aslı Aktan-Erciyes, Ayhan Aksu-Koç
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Exposure Dependent Creolization in Language Dynamics Equation

2007
The purpose of this paper is to develop a new formalism of language dynamics so that creole may emerge. Thus far, we modified the transition probability of the dynamics so as to change in accordance with the distribution of population of each language at each generation, and in addition, we introduced a new parameter called exposure rate with which ...
Makoto Nakamura, Takashi Hashimoto, Satoshi Tojo   +2 more
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Developmental Language Disability As a Consequence of Prenatal Exposure to Ethanol

Pediatrics, 1981
Two pre-school-aged patients with a history of prenatal exposure to ethanol had abnormal head size and developmental delay. Both children were strikingly similar in physical appearance, behavior, and cognitive dysfunction. Facial features were typical of fetal alcohol syndrome.
S E, Shaywitz, B K, Caparulo, E S, Hodgson   +2 more
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In UteroCocaine Exposure and Language Development

Seminars in Speech and Language, 1998
A growing body of literature suggests that in utero cocaine exposure may place a child at risk for impaired language development. Because the field of gestational drug exposure and its effects on communicative development is young, the research is still limited and the data are contradictory, plagued by many methodological problems.
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Effects of cumulative language exposure on heritage and majority language skills

Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism, 2019
AbstractThis study investigated the effects of the amount of cumulative heritage language (HL) exposure during three time periods, on heritage and majority language performance in young adulthood, among two distinct groups of immigrant populations in the USA.
Lily Tao, Qing Cai, Tamar H. Gollan
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Language Exposure and Indonesian Secondary Students’ Language Accuracy

Proceedings of the 10th UNNES Virtual International Conference on English Language Teaching, Literature, and Translation, ELTLT 2021, 14-15 August 2021, Semarang, Indonesia, 2022
Oei Bing, Ali Mustofa, Syafi’ul Anam
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Stages in Language Development and Reading Exposure

Harvard Educational Review, 1972
This study of language acquisition in children between the ages of six and ten investigates their linguistic competence with respect to complex aspects of English syntax. Thirty-six children were tested for knowledge of nine complex syntactic structures.
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Role of language exposure in early foreign-language learning

2011
This paper looks into aural comprehension and oral production of a sample of over 90 young EFL learners from Croatia and Italy who participated in the ELLiE (Early Language Learning in Europe) Project. ELLiE is a European transnational longitudinal study that was carried out in the past four years (2006- 2010) in seven country contexts, England, Italy,
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