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Impact of the home literacy environment on the L1 reading frequencies of Thai university students: Implications for the learning of an L2 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
In the Information Age, reading is a critical skill for accessing information and updating skills. However, reluctant readership in L1 may prevent many societies from fully participating in the global community. This reluctance to read may also slow the
Ferriman, Nicholas
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Awareness of Grammatical Variability in Language Contact: The Case of Mano and Kpelle in Guinea

open access: yesJournal of Sociolinguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper contributes to research on the awareness of grammatical variability through a study of variation in reflexivity marking in Mano under the influence of Kpelle, both indigenous languages of Guinea. The speakers of these languages are found to be sensitive to contact‐induced grammatical variation in reflexivity, which manifests via ...
Maria Khachaturyan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Phonological matching task with pictures: performance differences in prereader children from different socioeconomic status

open access: yesRevista de Psicología, 2019
Several researchers have demonstrated that phonological awareness is an important factor in reading development and, it has also been confirmed that there is a positive relationship between reading and phonological awareness: evidences reveal that ...
Julieta Fumagalli   +2 more
doaj  

Phonological awareness and alphabetic knowledge of native speakers of non-alphabetic languages [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The present study examined the effects of different alphabetic scripts (pinyin and International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)) on phonological awareness of non-alphabetic languages (Cantonese and Mandarin).
Yuen, Pak-on, 袁伯安
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The Effects of Task Repetition on the Processing and Acquisition of Technical Vocabulary Through Video‐Lecture‐Based Tasks: A Mixed‐Methods Study

open access: yesLanguage Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigated how repeating a video‐lecture‐based task affects second language (L2) learners’ processing and incidental acquisition of technical vocabulary as well as the relationship between processing and lexical gains. The participants were 75 Chinese learners of L2 English.
Danni Shi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Second Language Sentence Stress Assignment: Self‐ and Other‐Assessment

open access: yesLanguage Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract Research on second language (L2) pronunciation self‐assessment reports a general misalignment between self‐ and other‐assessment. This has been attributed to the object of self‐assessment, the self‐assessment task, the measures to which self‐assessment is compared, and speakers’ characteristics.
Cesar Teló he/him   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Task Instructions on Predictive Eye Movements and Word Recognition During Second Language Sentence Comprehension

open access: yesLanguage Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract This study tested whether encouraging prediction enhances prediction in second language (L2) speakers. L2 English speakers listened to English sentences like The woman … will read/buy one of the newspapers while viewing the target (a newspaper) and distractor objects (a rose, a bowl, and a mango) on a screen and clicked on the target as ...
Aine Ito
wiley   +1 more source

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