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Formal versus Informal L2 Learning: How Do Individual Differences and Word-Related Variables Influence French and English L2 Vocabulary Learning in Dutch-Speaking Children?
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De Wilde, Vanessa; Brysbaert, Marc; Eyckmans, June – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2022
A second language can be learned inside and outside the classroom. In this study we investigated the English and French vocabulary knowledge of 110 Dutch-speaking children (age 10-12), who received 100 hours of instruction in French, whereas their contact with English came from out-of-school exposure only. We examined the role of individual…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Second Language Learning, French, Vocabulary Development
Does It Matter When You Review? Input Spacing, Ecological Validity, and the Learning of L2 Vocabulary
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Rogers, John; Cheung, Anisa – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2021
This study is a conceptual replication of Rogers and Cheung's (2018) investigation into distribution of practice effects on the learning of L2 vocabulary in child EFL classrooms in Hong Kong. Following a pretest, treatment, delayed posttest design, 66 primary school students (Cantonese L1) studied 20 vocabulary items over three training episodes…
Descriptors: Linguistic Input, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
The Role of Language-Analytic Ability in Children's Instructed Second Language Learning
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Roehr-Brackin, Karen; Tellier, Angela – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2019
Language-analytic ability, or the ability to treat language as an object of analysis and arrive at linguistic generalizations, is at the core of the constructs of language learning aptitude and metalinguistic awareness, which are implicated in our ability to learn explicitly. In the context of child second language (L2) learning, it has been…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, French, Longitudinal Studies
Differences in Visual Word Recognition between L1 and L2 Speakers: The Impact of Length, Frequency, and Orthographic Neighborhood Size in German Children
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Schröter, Pauline; Schroeder, Sascha – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2017
Investigating the impact of linguistic characteristics on visual word recognition in children, we studied whether differences in native (L1) and second language (L2) processing already emerge at the beginning of reading development. German elementary school students in grades 2 to 6 completed a battery of standardized tests and a lexical decision…
Descriptors: German, Native Language, Second Language Learning, Word Recognition