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Cognitive Task Complexity and Written Output in Italian and French as a Foreign Language
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Kuiken, Folkert; Vedder, Ineke – Journal of Second Language Writing, 2008
This paper reports on a study on the relationship between cognitive task complexity and linguistic performance in L2 writing. In the study, two models proposed to explain the influence of cognitive task complexity on linguistic performance in L2 are tested and compared: Skehan and Foster's Limited Attentional Capacity Model (Skehan, 1998; Skehan…
Descriptors: Italian, Second Language Learning, Task Analysis, Difficulty Level
Syntactic Complexity, Fluency, and Accuracy of Sentence Imitation in Adolescents.
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Silverman, Stacy W.; Ratner, Nan Bernstein – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 1997
This study investigated whether syntactic complexity exerts an influence on the frequency of stuttering in the speech of seven adolescents who stuttered and seven who were normally fluent. Although normal disfluencies and errors in repetition accuracy increased as syntactic complexity increased, stuttering frequency did not appear to be affected…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Communication Skills, Difficulty Level, Imitation
Constructing Matching Texts in Two Languages: The Application of Propositional Analysis.
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Valdes, Guadalupe; And Others – NABE: The Journal for the National Association for Bilingual Education, 1984
Discusses how current procedures for selecting/constructing equivalent texts may lead to error because of their specific limitations; proposes the utilization of micro-propositional analysis coupled with word-frequency lists and readability formulas for constructing "matching" texts; presents some procedures which researchers working in…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Difficulty Level, English, Multilingual Materials
The Language of Children with Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus: Meeting Task Demands and Mastering Syntax.
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Byrne, Karen; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1990
Linguistic performance of 7 children (mean age=68 months) with spina bifida, hydrocephalus, and average intelligence was evaluated. Subjects dealt with the semantic-pragmatic requirements of linguistically posed problems in an age-appropriate manner. Performance declined as task demands increased but no more than performance of nondisabled…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Language Skills, Neurological Impairments, Performance Factors
Hearing Impaired Adolescents' Comprehension of Anaphoric Relationships within Conjoined Sentences.
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Stoefen-Fisher, Jill M. – Journal of Special Education, 1988
Thirty-two hearing-impaired adolescents were assessed on comprehension of three anaphoric forms within conjoined sentences: repeated noun, personal pronouns, and null form. The null form anaphora in a semantically acceptable environment, in which some hearing-impaired students apply a deviant object-subject deletion rule, was significantly more…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Difficulty Level, Error Analysis (Language), Hearing Impairments
Language of Teachers of the Deaf to Hearing Students and Deaf Students under Simulated Oral and Simultaneous Communication Conditions.
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Power, Des; And Others – CAEDHH Journal/La Revue ACESM, 1996
Storytelling by six teachers of the deaf was videotaped under three simulated conditions, as if they were presenting to hearing listeners, to oral deaf listeners, and to users of simultaneous communication. A number of grammatical and lexical characteristics were examined including Type-Token Ratios, a measure of lexical diversity, and Minimal…
Descriptors: Deafness, Difficulty Level, Grammar, Language Patterns