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Bueno-Alastuey, M. Camino; Nemeth, Katalin – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
To date, several studies have investigated the potential benefits of using Quizlet and podcasts for vocabulary development. However, they have mainly focused on the use of available material, and its effects on receptive vocabulary acquisition and students' motivation. In contrast, relatively little has been done to study the effects of…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Audio Equipment, Receptive Language, Expressive Language
Muñoz, Carmen; Cadierno, Teresa; Casas, Isabel – Language Learning, 2018
This study compared receptive English grammar skills of two groups of 7- and 9-year-old Danish children at the beginning of second language (L2) instruction in English, and two groups of Spanish/Catalan children of the same age after several years of instruction. The study examined the influence of two language-related factors (receptive…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Receptive Language, Grammar
Artieda, Gemma; Roquet, Helena; Nicolás-Conesa, Florentina – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2020
This study investigates the role of biological age and L2 exposure on the achievement of two groups of Catalan-Spanish intermediate learners of English in secondary school (Group A, Formal Instruction (FI), N = 50; Group B, FI + CLIL, N = 50) regarding receptive and productive L2 skills as well as grammatical knowledge. Learners were matched for…
Descriptors: Age Differences, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Arribas, Mario – Latin American Journal of Content and Language Integrated Learning, 2016
CLIL keeps on gaining ground in the European educational context, one clear example is Spain, where the number of schools adopting this methodology has kept growing exponentially in recent years. The present study has a dual perspective looking at the motivation of students towards English and CLIL and showing students' receptive vocabulary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Student Motivation, Second Language Learning
López-Higes, Ramón; Gallego, Carlos; Martín-Aragoneses, María Teresa; Melle, Natalia – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2015
This study explores morpho-syntactic reading comprehension in 19 Spanish children who received a cochlear implant (CI) before 24 months of age (early CI [e-CI]) and 19 Spanish children who received a CI after 24 months (late CI [l-CI]). They all were in primary school and were compared to a hearing control (HC) group of 19 children. Tests of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Surgery, Assistive Technology
Agustín Llach, Maria Pilar – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2017
The present paper presents a comparative study of the lexical profiles of young content and language integrated learning (CLIL) and traditional English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners' written production. The different nature and amount of foreign language input received in these classes may have consequences in learners' lexical profiles in…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Galeote, Miguel; Sebastian, Eugenia; Checa, Elena; Rey, Rocio; Soto, Pilar – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2011
Background: Our main purpose was to compare the lexical development of Spanish children with Down syndrome (DS) and children with typical development (TD) to investigate the relationship between cognitive and vocabulary development in comprehension and oral and gestural production. Method: Participants were 186 children with DS and 186 children…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Vocabulary Development, Foreign Countries, Nonverbal Communication