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Dimensions of Lexical Mastery and Their Relationships with Listening and Reading Proficiency Among Beginner‐to‐Low‐Intermediate Learners of French

open access: yesLanguage Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract The extent to which lexical mastery consists of interrelated types of lexical knowledge has been widely discussed. Yet, few studies have explored whether the lexical dimensions of knowledge and processing are relatively independent or investigated how these two dimensions contribute to listening and reading among beginner‐to‐low‐intermediate ...
Amber Dudley, Emma Marsden
wiley   +1 more source

Spatio-Temporal Parameters of Gait Changes Following Different Working Memory Tasks in Elderly

open access: yesمجله پژوهش در علوم توانبخشی, 2016
Introduction: The literature indicates quite clearly that the gait in elderly is affected by concurrent cognitive tasks. However, how different working memory subsystems’ activation influences gait is still unknown.
Fahimeh Habibifar   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Orthographic influences, vocabulary development and phonological awareness in deaf children who use cochlear implants [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
In the current study, we explore the influence of orthographic knowledge on phonological awareness in children with cochlear implants and compare developmental associations to those found for hearing children matched for word reading level or ...
Rajput, Kaukab   +3 more
core   +1 more source

The “Chicken or Egg” Causality Dilemma in Second Language Acquisition: Evidence From Late‐Life Language Learning

open access: yesLanguage Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract Although research shows that motivation, well‐being, and cognition support second language (L2) success in older adults, few studies have examined whether L2 achievement feeds back into these individual differences or tracked how they interact dynamically over time.
Simone E. Pfenninger   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Learning novel sound patterns [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
The acquisition of vocabulary represents a key phenomenon in language acquisition, yet it is still poorly understood. Gathercole and colleagues have recently provided a rigorous test of vocabulary knowledge (the nonword repetition test, Gathercole ...
Pine, J M, Jones, G, Gobet, F
core   +3 more sources

Lag Effects in L2 Phonetic Training: Longer Intersession Intervals Compensate for Auditory Individual Differences

open access: yesThe Modern Language Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In cognitive psychology, longer intersession intervals are thought to enhance long‐term retention (i.e., lag effects). Recently, scholars have begun to test the generalizability of the lag effect to L2 vocabulary and grammar acquisition. Following their step, the present study not only replicated the lag effect but also provided a more fine ...
Xiang Li, Kazuya Saito‐van Poeteren
wiley   +1 more source

‘He Seems Like a Morisco to Me, / Even in the Way He Talks’: Articulating morisco Difference in Lope de Vega and Cervantes

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Between 1609 and 1614, after over a century of forced conversions, cultural oppression and inquisitorial persecution, Spain expelled its morisco subjects. Despite being baptised Christians, the descendants of Spain's Muslim population had been deemed incapable of sincerely following the Christian faith and assimilating into society due to ...
Elizabeth Liliann Blakemore
wiley   +1 more source

Charting New Paths in the Study of Kin Term Acquisition

open access: yesTopics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Kin terms appear among infants’ earliest words, yet a full mastery of kin concepts typically emerges only in late childhood. This prolonged developmental trajectory reflects not only children's acquisition of an abstract relational system of words, but also their growing understanding of social relationships and interactional norms.
Marisa Casillas   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Memory performance, oral comprehension and learning process between children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and children with anxiety disorder

open access: yesRevista CEFAC
Purpose: to compare aspects of memory, learning and oral comprehension between children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and children with Anxiety Disorder (AD).
Patrícia Aparecida Zuanetti   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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