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Lorenzo García-Amaya – Second Language Research, 2024
orInverse relations, or "trade-off effects," are a common outcome of interlanguage development: a learner may increase performance in one linguistic domain while simultaneously decreasing performance in another. In this study, we investigate the relationships between one aspect of fluency (pause usage) and two aspects of syntactic…
Descriptors: Spanish, Study Abroad, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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González-Calero, José Antonio; Berciano, Ainhoa; Arnau, David – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2020
The reversal error is a prevalent phenomenon that consists of reversing the relationship between two variables when writing equations from comparison in verbal language. A study with 169 Basque/Spanish bilingual pre-service teachers examined whether this error is mainly due to the students' tendency to employ a direct-translation strategy based on…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Language Processing, Language Role, Equations (Mathematics)
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Peake, Christian; Jiménez, Juan E.; Rodríguez, Cristina; Bisschop, Elaine; Villarroel, Rebeca – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2015
Arithmetic word problem (AWP) solving is a highly demanding task for children with learning disabilities (LD) since verbal and mathematical information have to be integrated. This study examines specifically how syntactic awareness (SA), the ability to manage the grammatical structures of language, affects AWP solving. Three groups of children in…
Descriptors: Syntax, Learning Disabilities, Reading Difficulties, Arithmetic
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Zawiszewski, Adam; Gutierrez, Eva; Fernandez, Beatriz; Laka, Itziar – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2011
In this study, we explore native and non-native syntactic processing, paying special attention to the language distance factor. To this end, we compared how native speakers of Basque and highly proficient non-native speakers of Basque who are native speakers of Spanish process certain core aspects of Basque syntax. Our results suggest that…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Language Processing, Native Speakers, Second Language Learning
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Alvarez, Esther – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2003
It is a matter of debate whether the two differentiated grammatical systems in a bilingual child develop autonomously, or whether there is interdependence and in what areas (Genesee, 2001; Meisel, 2001). Extensive research is being carried out in the emergence of the two grammars, but not much attention has been given to the development of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Grammar, Spanish, English
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Jimenez, Juan E.; Garcia, Eduardo; Estevez, Adelina; Diaz, Alicia; Guzman, Remedios; Hernandez-Valle, Isabel; Rosario, Maria; Rodrigo, Mercedes; Hernandez, Sergio – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2004
Introduction: The main purpose of this study is to investigate whether children who have reading disabilities in an alphabetically transparent orthography show a syntactic processing deficit. This research focuses on exploring syntactic processing and the use of morphological markers by subjects with reading disabilities. We analyze these groups'…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Reading Difficulties