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Krista Tuohimaa; Soile Loukusa; Heikki Löppönen; Antti A. Aarnisalo; Aarno Dietz; Antti Hyvärinen; Jaakko Laitakari; Satu Rimmanen; Jaakko Salonen; Ville Sivonen; Tanja Tennilä; Teija Tsupari; Sari Vikman; Nonna Virokannas; Johanna Hautala; Anna-Kaisa Tolonen; Taina Välimaa; Sari Kunnari – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2025
Purpose: Children develop social-pragmatic understanding with the help of sensory, cognitive, and linguistic functions by interacting with other people. This study aimed to explore (a) associations between auditory, demographic, cognitive, and linguistic factors and social-pragmatic understanding in children who use bilateral hearing aids (BiHAs)…
Descriptors: Hard of Hearing, Deafness, Sensory Aids, Young Children
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Heta Pietarinen; Laura Kanto – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2025
This article investigates the narrative skills of children acquiring Finnish Sign Language (FinSL). Producing a narrative requires vocabulary, the ability to form sentences, and cognitive skills to construct actions in a logical order for the recipient to understand the story. Research has shown that narrative skills are an excellent way of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sign Language, Vocabulary, Cognitive Ability
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Xin Yuan; Xuan Tang – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2025
Aim: From the perspective of cognitive load theory, the present study examined the relative effectiveness of the sequential use of L1 and bilingual subtitles on incidental English vocabulary learning. Methods: A total of 162 upper-intermediate Chinese learners of English as a foreign language watched an English clip in one of 4 subtitling…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Recall (Psychology), Native Language, Second Language Learning
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Martin J. Koch; Werner Greve; Kristin Kersten – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2025
Research suggests that heterogeneous life experiences (e.g. multilingualism) might facilitate the development of mental flexibility. The current paper presents the conceptual replication of a study originally presented by Greve and colleagues [Greve, W., Koch, M., Rasche, V., and Kersten, K. (2021). Extending the Scope of the 'Cognitive Advantage'…
Descriptors: Psycholinguistics, Multilingualism, Transfer of Training, Linguistic Theory
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Yachao Sun; Huan Feng – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2025
This study explored the impacts of translingual practices on English as an additional language (EAL) writing education in a non-English as a medium of instruction (non-EMI) context at a Chinese university. The findings highlighted the benefits of translingual practices in enhancing students' comprehension, easing cognitive challenges, and…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Chrissy Spencer; Aakanksha Angra; Kata Dósa; Abigail Jones – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2025
The high cost of commercial textbooks in higher education creates barriers to equitable access to learning materials and negatively impacts student performance. Open educational resources (OER) offer a cost-effective alternative, but their impact on student learning remains a critical question. This study directly compared student outcomes between…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Textbooks, Undergraduate Students, Barriers