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Kkese, E.; Petinou, K. – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2017
This paper investigates the difficulties adult second language (L2) users of English encounter with plosive consonants in the L2. It presents the results of a task examining the acquisition of plosive voicing contrasts by college students with Cypriot Greek (CG) linguistic background. The task focused on the types of errors involving plosive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Learning, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Binder, Katherine S.; Lee, Cheryl S. – Journal of Research and Practice for Adult Literacy, Secondary, and Basic Education, 2012
Resilient readers are those who, despite their poor phonological decoding skills, have good comprehension abilities (Jackson & Doellinger, 2002). Thus far, these readers have been identified in college settings. The purpose of this study was to a) determine if this reader profile was present in a sample taken from an Adult Basic Education…
Descriptors: Profiles, Adult Basic Education, Literacy, Reading Comprehension