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Reading versus listening: Which one is more effective for incidental vocabulary learning?

open access: yesThe Modern Language Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The article examines incidental vocabulary acquisition, focusing on the differential impacts of input modalities—reading versus listening—on learning of single words and multi‐word expressions. Eighty‐eight university students of L2 Italian were assigned to one of the three groups: (a) reading half of an authentic Italian novel, (b) listening ...
Mahnaz Aliyar   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of first and second language reading, first language low‐level skills, and working memory in second language writing

open access: yesThe Modern Language Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Our research investigated how L2 and L1 reading, L1 low‐level skills and working memory are related to ratings and the linguistic characteristics (productivity, cohesion, lexical sophistication and diversity, syntactic complexity, and accuracy) of argumentative and narrative texts. The research was conducted in Hungary with 95 secondary school
Judit Kormos, Csilla Bartha
wiley   +1 more source

InCHORRRuS: Infant‐Directed Communication Highlights and Organizes Repetition and Redundancy Through Rhythmic Structure

open access: yesAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences, EarlyView.
In the InCHORRRuS (Infant‐directed (ID) Communication Highlights and Organizes Repetition and Redundancy through Rhythmic Structure) framework, increased rhythmicity in ID speech and the beat‐based metrically structured rhythmicity in ID song naturally organize the multimodally redundant and repetitive cues in the caregiver's communicative signals ...
Camila Alviar   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rhythm Processing Across Development: Origins, Links to Language Processing, and Perspectives for Intervention

open access: yesAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A wealth of research has investigated rhythm processing in music and speech, revealing shared cognitive and neural correlates and potential transfer effects, as evidenced by shared benefits and shared processing difficulties, as well as effects of stimulation and training programs.
Barbara Tillmann   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shared and language-specific phonological processing in the human temporal lobe. [PDF]

open access: yesNature
Bhaya-Grossman I   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

From Finger Taps to Footsteps: Gait as a Model for Investigating and Training Rhythmic Abilities

open access: yesAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences, EarlyView.
Motor rhythmic abilities, like auditory–motor synchronization, are often assessed using finger‐tapping tasks. Here, we propose gait as a richer, more ecologically valid alternative, which engages the whole body, is continuous, and taps into both automatic and voluntary control.
Clara Ziane, Simone Dalla Bella
wiley   +1 more source

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