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Mustafa Armut; Mehmet Kara – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
This study aimed to determine the variables affecting the eye-movements of second-language (L2) learners of Turkish in Türkiye while solving a test consisting of questions that included graphics. A total of 115 L2 learners participated in the research (21 in the pilot study and 94 in the main study). We presented a test consisting of five…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Turkish, Eye Movements
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Tomakin, Ercan – African Educational Research Journal, 2020
The brain asymmetry and contralateral control of the body by the left and right brain hemispheres is known (Crystal, 1997; Fromkin, 1998). It is widely accepted that language lateralization, damage to the left brain, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and results show that the left brain is regarded as the language…
Descriptors: Handedness, Native Language, Gender Differences, Second Language Learning
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Chukharev-Hudilainen, Evgeny; Saricaoglu, Aysel; Torrance, Mark; Feng, Hui-Hsien – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2019
Although fluency is an important subconstruct of language proficiency, it has not received as much attention in L2 writing research as complexity and accuracy have, in part due to the lack of methodological approaches for the analysis of large datasets of writing-process data. This article presents a method of time-aligned keystroke logging and…
Descriptors: Writing Research, Second Language Learning, Writing Processes, Language Proficiency
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Armagan, Kiymet Selin; Genc, Zubeyde Sinem – Journal of Education and Learning, 2017
Reading process has always been one of the most significant and debatable topics in the area of learning and teaching languages. Reading process in mother tongue (L1) and in a foreign language (L2), the association of these processes, variables affecting reading and the qualities of good and poor readers in L1 and L2 have been investigated…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Reading Comprehension, Reading Rate
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Yalçin, Sebnem; Çeçen, Sevdeger; Erçetin, Gülcan – Language Awareness, 2016
Working memory (WM) as a key component of language aptitude has become a topical issue, with some going so far as to argue that WM can replace language aptitude. Research that specifically investigates the relationship between WM and language aptitude is rather limited. This study explores the determinants of language aptitude, with a focus on WM…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Second Language Learning, Correlation, English (Second Language)
Köksal, Dinçay; Ulum, Ömer Gökhan – Online Submission, 2016
This study investigates the language learning strategy use of Turkish and Arabic students enrolled in middle schools and having different cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Using a strategy inventory for language learning, the study examines the cross-cultural differences in strategy use of the mentioned students while learning English as a…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Second Language Learning, Semitic Languages, Turkish