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Walker, Peter – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2016
Lexical sound symbolism in language appears to exploit the feature associations embedded in cross-sensory correspondences. For example, words incorporating relatively high acoustic frequencies (i.e., front/close rather than back/open vowels) are deemed more appropriate as names for concepts associated with brightness, lightness in weight,…
Descriptors: Sensory Integration, Intonation, Suprasegmentals, Phonology
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Fawcett, Hannah; Oldfield, Jeremy – Teaching in Higher Education, 2016
Previous research suggests that audio feedback may be an important mechanism for facilitating effective and timely assignment feedback. The present study examined expectations and experiences of audio and written feedback provided through "turnitin for iPadĀ®" from students within the same cohort and assignment. The results showed that…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Feedback (Response), Computer Software, Written Language
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Lockwood, Michael – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2012
This paper reports the findings of a small-scale research project which investigated the levels of awareness and knowledge of written standard English of 10 and 11-year-old children in two English primary schools. The project involved repeating in 2010 a written questionnaire previously used with children in the same schools in three separate…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Standard Spoken Usage, Language Variation, English