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Casper J. D. Jensen; Teresa Cadierno – Language Learning Journal, 2024
The number of learners seeking to acquire an L2 by means of apps is ever-increasing. This study examined the effectiveness of using the app "Mondly" for the acquisition of L2 English vocabulary while accounting for differences in the acquisition of receptive and productive aspects of word knowledge. Twelve Danish young learners (aged…
Descriptors: Receptive Language, Expressive Language, Correlation, Computer Assisted Instruction
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van Koert, Margreet; Leona, Nihayra; Rispens, Judith; Tijms, Jurgen; van der Molen, Maurits; Grunberg, Hernán Labbé; Snellings, Patrick – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2023
Second language proficiency may be related to first language acquisition (Ganschow & Sparks, 1991), but relatively little is known about the relation between first and second language grammatical proficiency in primary school children who are in their first stages of foreign language learning. This study aims to determine whether differences…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Grammar, Grade 4
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Yoojin Chung; Andrea Révész – Language Teaching Research, 2024
This study examined the extent to which textual enhancement incorporated into the post-task stage of task-based reading lessons can promote development in second language (L2) grammatical knowledge. The participants were 49 child language learners who participated in task-based reading lessons in their own classroom contexts. They were randomly…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Child Language, Morphemes, Prior Learning
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Angelopoulos, Nikos; Bagioka, Dafni-Vaia; Terzi, Arhonto – Language Acquisition: A Journal of Developmental Linguistics, 2023
The most recent studies on the acquisition of evidentiality, be it morphologically or syntactically encoded, have argued that the comprehension lag detected is due to factors having to do with others' authority or mental perspective, where "others" stands for other individuals involved in the experiment in various manners (e.g., the…
Descriptors: Syntax, Language Acquisition, Morphology (Languages), Age Differences
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Shen, Bin; Bai, Barry; Park, Moonyoung – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2023
As an intimidating school subject for students globally, writing requires a high level of motivation, especially for second language (L2) learners. Despite abundant research on motivation in both first language (L1) writing and L2 learning, L2 writing motivation warrants more attention. To bridge the gap, the study intends to present an overall…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Writing (Composition), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Àngels Llanes; Elsa Tragant – Language Teaching Research, 2024
The present study presents an instructional procedure developed in an attempt to enhance incidental learning through graded readers in class, the Multiple Incidental Exposures (MIE) procedure, and compares it to a more common procedure involving reading and doing the exercises, which is referred to as Traditional Explicit Practice (TEP).…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Incidental Learning, Teaching Methods
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Anisa Cheung – Language Teaching Research, 2024
The benefits of using digital storytelling are well documented in the literature. Whether and how these advantages can be extended to digital story-writing, especially for young learners, remains underexplored. Recent advancement in technology has the potential of streamlining the stages of planning and revising in a process approach to second…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Story Telling
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Munuyand, Thulasirani A/P; Husain, Salina; Abdul Jabar, Mohd Azidan; Jusoh, Zuraini – Asian Journal of University Education, 2021
For teaching and learning Malay language grammar, there are many types of online assessment tools and applications have been developed in Malaysia. One such application is Quizizz, a game-based online quiz that facilitates teaching and learning. The purpose of this research is to measure the effectiveness of Quizizz application to teach and learn…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Indonesian Languages, Grammar, Teaching Methods
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Hopp, Holger; Kieseier, Teresa; Jakisch, Jenny; Sturm, Sarah; Thoma, Dieter – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2021
This paper reports findings of a project on pedagogical translanguaging (PTL) among 128 fourth-grade students learning English as a foreign language (EFL) in German primary schools. Over a period of six months, 20% of lesson time in EFL classes was devoted to multilingualism involving students' minority languages. In a control group pre-post-test…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Language Minorities, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Brimo, Danielle; Henbest, Victoria S. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2020
Purpose: Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) work with students with specific language impairment and specific learning disorder who are known to have deficits in morphological knowledge and morphological awareness. Thus, it is important that SLPs have explicit knowledge of morphology to classify, elicit, and correct morphological errors to…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel, Case Studies, Morphology (Languages)
Kersten, Kristin; Schelletter, Christina; Bruhn, Ann-Christin; Ponto, Katharina – Online Submission, 2021
Input is considered one of the most important factors in the acquisition of lexical and grammatical skills. Input has been found to interact with other factors, such as learner cognitive skills and the circumstances where language is heard. Language learning itself has sometimes been found to enhance cognitive skills. Indeed, intensive contact…
Descriptors: Grammar, Linguistic Input, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Shany, Michal; Asadi, Ibrahim; Share, David L. – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2023
Purpose: We previously reported evidence of true double dissociation between reading accuracy and reading rate in a large unselected sample of Hebrew-speaking fourth graders and a large clinical sample of adult Hebrew-speakers with dyslexia. The present study aimed to replicate and extend these findings to Arabic, which is structurally similar to…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Grade 4, Reading Rate, Accuracy
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Pascal Bressoux; Bernard Slusarczyk; Ludovic Ferrand; Michel Fayol – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2024
This research aims at exploring in an irregular orthographic system like French, if spelling is related to written composition. French spelling is particularly interesting because it includes phonographic irregularities (i.e., inconsistencies), lexical difficulties and numerous morphological silent marks (e.g., plural noun, adjective, and verb…
Descriptors: Spelling, Writing Research, Writing (Composition), French
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Child, Michael W.; Bateman, Blair E. – Hispania, 2020
Immersion students' language abilities are generally characterized by strong receptive skills (listening, reading) and less developed productive skills (speaking, writing) when compared with L1 speakers of the immersion language (e.g., Allen et al. 1990; Cummins 1998; Harley 1992). In this paper we report results from a six-month mixed-methods…
Descriptors: Grammar, Portuguese, Second Language Learning, Error Correction
Kim, Young-Suk Grace; Dore, Rebecca; Cho, Minkyung; Golinkoff, Roberta; Amendum, Steven J. – Grantee Submission, 2021
We investigated the relations among theory of mind (ToM), mental state talk, and discourse comprehension. Specifically, we examined the frequency of mental state talk in children's oral recall of narrative texts and informational texts as well as relations among ToM, mental state talk (inclusion of mental state words in the recall of narrative and…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Child Language, Oral Language, Recall (Psychology)
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