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Listeners normalize speech for contextual speech rate even without an explicit recognition task

open access: yes, 2019
Speech can be produced at different rates. Listeners take this rate variation into account by normalizing vowel duration for contextual speech rate: An ambiguous Dutch word /m?t/ is perceived as short /mAt/ when embedded in a slow context, but long /ma:t/
Bosker, H., Maslowski, M., Meyer, A.
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Exploring personality traits and mental toughness in early career teachers in England

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract While some teachers thrive, in similar circumstances other teachers encounter considerable difficulties. This is particularly concerning in England, where high numbers of teachers with five or fewer years' experience leave the profession to take another job outside of teaching, and pupil numbers are outpacing teacher numbers (Bryan & Price ...
Joanne E. Taberner, Sarah MacQuarrie
wiley   +1 more source

The processing of morphology in children with and without reading disabilities

open access: yesRevista de Investigación en Logopedia, 2011
This paper presents the results of an experiment carried out to study the morphological processing of children with, and without, reading disorders. Is it the case that children use the morphological constituents of a word to understand it, and how is ...
Miguel Lázaro   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A systematic review of second language (L2) student writers' metacognitive experiences

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This systematic review synthesises empirical evidence on second language (L2) student writers' metacognitive experiences (MEs) across different classroom‐based L2 learning contexts in peer‐reviewed academic journals. A comprehensive search of six databases (Scopus, APA PsycINFO, British Education Index, ERIC subscription, Education Source and ...
Zhe Li   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interactions between Word Frequency and Neighborhood Frequency in Lexical Access [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
In this study, we attempted to determine whether larger NF effects occur for low-WF words than for high-WF words. The experiment employed a lexical-decision task, in which participants were presented with a lists of single items, half of which were words
Cooperrider, Jason
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Utilizing lexical data from a Web-derived corpus to expand productive collocation knowledge [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Collocations are of great importance for second language learners, and a learner’s knowledge of them plays a key role in producing language fluently (Nation, 2001: 323).
Franken, Margaret   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

On the origin of the cumulative semantic inhibition effect [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
We report an extension of the cumulative semantic inhibition effect found by Howard, Nickels, Coltheart, and Cole-Virtue (2006). Using more sensitive statistical analyses, we found a significant variation in the magnitude of the effect across categories.
ALARIO, Dr F.-Xavier   +1 more
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Biochemistry Learning in Higher Education: A Systematic Review on Methodologies and Teaching Resources

open access: yesBiochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The teaching of biochemistry in higher education presents several challenges, including the complexity of molecular visualization, the use of technical terminology, and the vast amount of content covered in courses. This systematic review explores current research on biochemistry teaching at the higher education level published between 2012 ...
Micaela Jardim e Silva   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of lexical-semantic neighborhood in object naming: implications for models of lexical access

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2011
The role of lexical-semantic neighborhood is relevant to models of lexical access. Recently it has been claimed that the size of the cohort of activated competitors affects ease of lexical selection in word production as well as the effect of ...
Tobias eBormann
doaj   +1 more source

Lexical organization in deaf children who use British Sign Language: Evidence from a semantic fluency task [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
We adapted the semantic fluency task into British Sign Language (BSL). In Study 1, we present data from twenty-two deaf signers aged four to fifteen. We show that the same ‘cognitive signatures’ that characterize this task in spoken languages are also ...
Allen   +17 more
core   +2 more sources

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