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Whyte, Shona; Edmonds, Amanda; Palasis, Katerina; Gerbier, Emilie – Research-publishing.net, 2022
Language researchers and teachers have long been interested in the timing of learning, and the distributed practice effect, whereby greater inter-session intervals result in longer retention, is well-known (Kim & Webb, 2022). Many L2 studies have focused on the intentional learning of lexis (Edmonds, Gerbier, Palasis, & Whyte, 2021),…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes
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Hough, Susan D.; Kaczmarek, Louise – Journal of Early Intervention, 2011
In recent years, many children from Eastern European orphanages have been adopted by families in the United States. When children begin life with their new families, they experience an abrupt language shift in which the learning of their native language halts as the learning of the new language commences. Without the support of their native…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Semantics, Syntax, Oral Language
Blackrose, Morgan Schatz; Schatz, Roman W. – International Association of School Librarianship, 2010
Storytelling-based arts projects offer a universal and inclusive pedagogy; challenging prejudices, celebrating diversity and promoting tolerance and resilience in participants. In addition they assist in the development of receptive and expressive language skills, provide a credible basis for understanding folklore, cultural traditions and social…
Descriptors: Tales, Social Values, Expressive Language, Language Skills
Nan, Yao; Mingfang, Zuo – English Teaching Forum, 2009
In China many non-English majors, who often score high on English exams that emphasize reading comprehension and grammar, have difficulty finding the English words they need to express their ideas in speaking and writing. This problem is not unusual, and it is often difficult for students to use their receptive reading and listening vocabulary for…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Advanced Students, Speech Communication, Second Language Learning
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Hamilton, Robert – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2010
Online technology and streaming video have the potential to generate tremendous interest and motivation in ESL/EFL students. Unfortunately, as the basis for a task-based language teaching (TBLT) program, such technology often places students in a passive position and limits inter-student communication. This paper describes a successful TBLT course…
Descriptors: Video Technology, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Kerr, Ken P.; Smyth, Philomena; McDowell, Claire – Early Child Development and Care, 2003
Analyzes the key components of the Precision Teaching technique: pinpointing (identifying learning channels and defining correct and incorrect responses), counting behavior in real time, and charting the pace of learning. Includes a case study describing the Precision Teaching of receptive object identification with a 3-year-old with autistic…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Modification, Case Studies, Foreign Countries
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Alves, Sonia Santos; Mendes, Luis – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2006
This paper discusses strategies of intercomprehension in the context of the promotion of plurilingualism and intercultural competence in Europe. Plurilingualism and intercomprehension are concepts of particular importance in the multilingual and multicultural European context. These are explicit aims and requirements of the European Union when…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Multilingualism, Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Countries
Kitao, S. Kathleen; Kitao, Kenji – 1996
Although testing language has traditionally taken the form of testing knowledge about language, the idea of testing communicative competence is becoming recognized as being of great importance in second language learning. Communicative language tests are intended to be a measure of how the testees are able to use language in real life situations.…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Knowledge Level
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Mackay, Margaret; Watson, Judith – British Journal of Special Education, 1989
The article describes a series of 10 games designed to improve the communication skills of pupils with severe learning difficulties. The games encourage attention development, initiating comments, and giving and receiving instructions. (DB)
Descriptors: Attention Control, Communication Skills, Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education
Evans, Mary Ann; Kirchmann, Susanne – 1993
A study examined mothers' accuracy in predicting the responses their children would give and the scores they would achieve on two standardized vocabulary tests. Specifically, the study's primary purpose was to examine maternal estimates of both expressive and receptive vocabulary skills according to two indices: accuracy of total score and…
Descriptors: Birth Order, Comparative Analysis, Expressive Language, Foreign Countries