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Construction Learning by Child Learners of Foreign Language: Input Distribution and Learner Factors
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Hu, Chieh-Fang; Maechtle, Cheyenne – Modern Language Journal, 2021
Two studies examined the role of input distribution in English construction learning, by child learners from a Mandarin first-language background, and the extent to which phonological short-term memory and awareness predicted such learning. In the first study, 4th-grade students of Mandarin Chinese (N = 121) learned the English object-cleft…
Descriptors: Linguistic Input, Mandarin Chinese, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
When Language Experience Fails to Explain Word Reading Development: Early Cognitive and Linguistic Profiles of Young Foreign Language Learners
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Hu, Chieh-Fang; Schuele, C. Melanie – Modern Language Journal, 2015
Although language experience is a key factor in successful foreign language (FL) learning, many FL learners fail to achieve performance levels that were predicted on the basis of their FL experience. This retrospective study investigated early cognitive and linguistic correlates of learning English as a foreign language (FL) in a group of…
Descriptors: Profiles, Second Language Learning, Reading Skills, Prediction