Father–Child Play: What Types of Play Do Fathers Engage in With Their Daughters and Sons?
ABSTRACT Objective This study aimed to investigate the types of play that fathers in Turkey engage in with their children aged 4–6 years and to examine whether these plays differ according to the child's gender. Background Despite the importance of fathers in child development, limited evidence exists on father–child play and gender differences in play
Hayriye Kamrak +2 more
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Reading comprehension in morphosyllabic Chinese draws on coordinated phonological, orthographic, morphological, and broader language knowledge, but the unique associations of morphological and phonological awareness remain uncertain once proximal reading
Weibin Hu, Xueru Zhang, Ling Ding
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Syntactic awareness as a mediator of reading–writing relations in young Chinese L2 learners
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
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Phonological Awareness and its implications for Reading Acquisition
Researches of more than two decades has affirmed the importance of phonological awareness and its relation to reading acquisition. Chard & Dickson (1999) consider phonological awareness as a "cognitive substrate to reading acquisition" (p.1 ...
Sima Shirazi
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A study on different levels of phonological awareness and its relationship with adolescents' reading comprehension: Evidence from senior high school 10th grade students [PDF]
Despite the importance of phonological awareness in learning reading in the early stages of literacy, studies have shown that some students after the end of elementary education, and even some literate adults have poor phonological skills, that affects ...
Sārānā Ghavāmi Lāhij +3 more
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Word Associations in a Minoritised Language: The Case of Cymraeg (Welsh)
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 +2 more
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EFFECTS OF FAST FORWORD ON PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS AND RAPID NAMING SKILLS OF AT-RISK STUDENTS
The current study examined the efficacy of Fast ForWord, a computer-based intervention designed to improve the auditory processing skills associated with language development and the subsequent acquisition of reading skills.
Boller, Barbara
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Pre‐Task Explicit Instruction, Input Modality, and Working Memory in L2 Oral Self‐Repair
ABSTRACT Despite the central role of tasks in language education and ensuing research documenting how task‐related variables might affect language performance and learning, it remains unclear whether pre‐task explicit instruction, input modality, and working memory (WM) influence how learners monitor and repair grammatical structures in real‐time ...
Reza Yadollahpour +2 more
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Exploring English Language Learners’ Vocabulary Knowledge and Usage When Speaking
ABSTRACT Vocabulary forms a fundamental component of speaking ability, as it enables speakers to convey meaning accurately, fluently, and effectively. Although the relationship between vocabulary and speaking has been investigated to some extent, gaps remain in understanding the link between learners’ vocabulary knowledge and their speaking proficiency,
Junyan Guo, Martin East
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