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Language Acquisition of Early Sequentially Bilingual Children Is Moderated by Short-Term Memory for Order in Developmental Language Disorder: Findings from the HelSLI Study
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Lahti-Nuuttila, Pekka; Laasonen, Marja; Smolander, Sini; Kunnari, Sari; Arkkila, Eva; Service, Elisabet – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2021
Background: The role of domain-general short-term memory (STM) in language development remains controversial. A previous finding from the HelSLI study on children with developmental language disorder (DLD) suggested that not only verbal but also non-verbal STM for temporal order is related to language acquisition in monolingual children with DLD.…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Bilingual Students, Preschool Children, Developmental Disabilities
Managing the Participation of a Young Learner: A Multimodal Teacher Practice
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Carpenter, Lauren – Working Papers in TESOL & Applied Linguistics, 2016
As it becomes increasingly apparent that nonverbal conduct plays an integral role in pedagogical interactions (McCafferty & Stam, 2008; Zwiers, 2007), researchers who study interaction "in situ" are shifting focus from solely talk toward a multimodal approach (Lazaraton, 2004; Olsher, 2004; Seo & Koshik, 2010; Taylor, 2014). From…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Nonverbal Learning, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Exploiting Nonverbal Context to Promote the Acquisition of Word-Referent Relations in a Second Language.
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Greenfield, Patricia Marks; Alvarez, Maria Gabriela – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1980
Differing amounts and ordering of pictorial content were compared to determine their effect on learning word-referent relations in a second language. Findings indicated there is an optimal level at which nonverbal context facilitates the process of inferring word meanings in a foreign language. (Author/DS)
Descriptors: Associative Learning, High School Students, Immersion Programs, Language Acquisition
What Do Learners Make of Teachers' Gestures in the Language Classroom?
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Sime, Daniela – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching (IRAL), 2006
This study explores the meanings that learners of English as a foreign language give to teachers' gestures. It is a qualitative, descriptive study of the perceived functions that gestures perform in the EFL classroom, viewed mainly from the language learners' perspective. The data for the study was collected through interviews with twenty-two…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Interviews, Nonverbal Communication, Second Language Learning