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Direct linkJuana María Anguita-Acero; Oscar Navarro-Martinez; Lauren Rebecca Jordan – European Journal of Education, 2024
At present, developmental dyslexia is classified as a specific language disorder recognised by inclusive educational laws in Spain and the United Kingdom. Phonological correspondence is very different in Spanish and in English, and the difficulties they entail for native speakers are also different. The predominance of English worldwide has led to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dyslexia, Students with Disabilities, Bilingual Education
Paz Suárez-Coalla; Luis Castejón; Marina Vega-Harwood; Cristina Martínez-García – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2024
Reading acquisition involves connections between the spoken language and the writing system. The English-language writing system holds an inconsistent alphabetic system, thus encouraging readers to develop representations between the grapheme and the word. Reading in English as a Foreign language supposes a challenge, especially when the reader's…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Reading Achievement, Spanish Speaking
García-Gámez, Ana B.; Macizo, Pedro – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2020
We compared 2 learning methods for the acquisition of vocabulary in a second language (L2). In addition, the use of the new L2 words was evaluated both in isolation and within sentences. In the semantic method, L2 words and pictures denoting their meanings were presented and participants learned by practicing a semantic categorization task (to…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development, Sentences, Semantics
Tolchinsky, Liliana – Journal for the Study of Education and Development, 2021
Spelling is a language problem-space, not only a school subject. Successful spelling demands going beyond letter to sound mapping and gaining access to a full representation of the orthographic structure of words. We traced bilingual Catalan/Spanish speakers' spelling performance in Catalan across elementary school in two tasks: isolated words to…
Descriptors: Spelling, Verbal Communication, Romance Languages, Bilingualism
Download full textRoig-Marín, Amanda – International Journal of English Studies, 2017
Given the importance of the phonological and lexical components of the language in L2 learning, this article discusses an innovative, holistic approach to learning these two components of the language based on the existence of "sound symbolism"--the interrelation between sound and meaning--in English. In particular, it describes how and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Semantics
Mompean, José Antonio; Fouz-González, Jonás – Language Learning & Technology, 2016
This paper looks at the use of "Twitter" as a language teaching/learning tool. It describes the results of a study aimed at testing "Twitter's" effectiveness for pronunciation teaching. The purpose of the study was to determine whether "Twitter" can foster online participation and whether it may have a positive effect…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Pronunciation Instruction
