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Ruba Fahmi Bataineh; Hiba Ahmad Al-Majali – International Journal of Language Education, 2023
This study examines the potential effect of mind mapping-based instruction on Jordanian EFL tenth-grade students' use of additive, adversative, causal and temporal conjunctions. A purposeful sample of two tenthgrade sections was drawn from a public school in Mafraq, Jordan. The two sections were randomly assigned into an experimental group of 14…
Descriptors: Grammar, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Horton-Ikard, RaMonda; Pittman, Ramona T. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2010
This article describes the use of African American English (AAE) in the written and oral language of African American adolescents who struggle with writing. Written and oral language samples of 22 African American 10th-grade students were transcribed, analyzed, and coded for AAE, grammatical errors, spelling errors, and punctuation errors. Four…
Descriptors: Spelling, Black Dialects, Form Classes (Languages), Written Language
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Marinellie, Sally A.; Johnson, Cynthia J. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2003
The present investigation is a study of the development of adjective definitions given by participants in Grades 6 and 10 and by young adults, as well as the influence of word frequency on those definitions. A total of 150 participants (50 per age group) wrote definitions for 6 high-frequency and 6 low-frequency adjectives. Adjective definitions…
Descriptors: Semantics, Form Classes (Languages), Grammar, Definitions