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The Effects of Mobile, Gamified, and Paper Flashcards on Vocabulary and Collocation Learning in Young Language Learners

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examined English vocabulary learning by using three types of flashcards: paper flashcards, non‐gamified mobile application (app) flashcards (i.e., digital flashcards), and gamified mobile app flashcards (i.e., gamified flashcards) in a privately owned language institute in Iran.
Ali Soyoof, Barry Lee Reynolds, Ehsan Rassaei, Boris Vazquez‐Calvo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Span-Extraction Dataset for Chinese Machine Reading Comprehension

, 2019
Machine Reading Comprehension (MRC) has become enormously popular recently and has attracted a lot of attention. However, the existing reading comprehension datasets are mostly in English. In this paper, we introduce a Span-Extraction dataset for Chinese
Che, Wanxiang, Chen, Zhipeng, Cui, Yiming, Hu, Guoping, Liu, Ting, Ma, Wentao, Wang, Shijin, Xiao, Li   +7 more
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Read Aloud Scaffolding for Language and Content Learning With Emergent Bilinguals: Quadrants of Engagement

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the types of scaffolding strategies employed by elementary teachers during read aloud sessions, with a specific focus on emergent bilingual students. Through a multi‐site explanatory case study involving 14 elementary teachers across four districts, we analyzed the frequency and quality of scaffold use, categorizing ...
Qingli Lei, Trish Morita‐Mullaney, Jennifer Renn   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Características de comprensión lectora en estudiantes universitarios

Jurídicas, 2010
Leer es poner en funcionamiento las operaciones de la inteligencia: reconocer, analizar, sintetizar, comparar, inferir… Por otra parte, escribir/leer origina un doble movimiento: el que realiza el escritor y el que lleva a cabo el lector.
Arlenys Calderón Ibañez, Jorge Quijano Peñuela   +1 more
doaj   +4 more sources

How Do They Feel? Processing Others’ Emotions in Second Language Discourse

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract Emotion that is implied rather than literally expressed requires the processing of literal and pragmatic information. Processing multiple information types is an easy, fast process in the first language (L1) but can be costlier in a second language (L2), especially when emotional content is involved.
Andrea González‐García Aldariz, Eva M. Moreno, Alice Foucart   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Compreensão de leitura e motivação para aprendizagem de alunos do ensino fundamental

Psicologia Escolar e Educacional
Resumo O presente estudo teve como propósito identificar a relação existente entre compreensão de leitura e motivação para aprender de estudantes do ensino fundamental.
Acácia Aparecida Angeli dos Santos, Mayara Salgado de Moraes, Thatiana Helena Lima   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Developing L2 semantic knowledge of English modality through concept‐based language instruction: Do cognitive linguistics materials have an advantage?

The Modern Language Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates the pedagogical impact of integrating cognitive linguistics (CL) into concept‐based language instruction (C‐BLI) for teaching English modal verbs. Eighty‐nine Mandarin‐speaking university learners were assigned to one of three instructional conditions: C‐BLI with CL‐based conceptualizations (C‐BLI‐CL), C‐BLI with non‐CL
Helen Zhao, James P. Lantolf
wiley   +1 more source

Incorporating Structured Commonsense Knowledge in Story Completion

, 2018
The ability to select an appropriate story ending is the first step towards perfect narrative comprehension. Story ending prediction requires not only the explicit clues within the context, but also the implicit knowledge (such as commonsense) to ...
Chen, Jiaao, Chen, Jianshu, Yu, Zhou
core   +1 more source

Eye Movements, Item Modality, and Multimodal Second Language Vocabulary Learning: Processing and Outcomes

Language Learning, Volume 76, Issue 2, Page 528-564, June 2026.
Abstract This study examined second language vocabulary processing and learning in reading only (RO) versus reading while listening (RWL). 119 English learners read or read‐while‐listening to a story embedded with 25 pseudowords, 10 times each, and had their eye movements tracked.
Jonathan Malone, Bronson Hui, Nick Pandža, Tetiana Tytko   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Use of the Cloze Test in Reading Comprehension Assessment in Brazil: Post-Pandemic Challenges

Cadernos de Linguística
The Cloze test has been widely used for 70 years to assess proficiency in understanding texts in different languages, both L1 and L2. The basis of the test is the systematic gapping of a text, and hit scores are associated with the participant’s degree ...
Flávia Oliveira Freitas, Gislane Evangelista dos Santos, Raquel Meister Ko Freitag   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source