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Akhlaghi-Baghoojari, Elham; Bédi, Branislav; Chua, Cathy; Horváthová, Ivana; Ivanova, Nedelina; Maizonniaux, Christèle; Mykhats, Marta; Chiaráin, Neasa Ní; Rayner, Manny; Orian Weiss, Catherine; Zviel-Girshin, Rina – Research-publishing.net, 2022
We present a study in which multimedia alphabet books were constructed for ten languages using the Learning And Reading Assistant (LARA) platform. We describe the alphabet books we built, the different design features they instantiate, and an initial evaluation using an anonymous online questionnaire. Links are provided to the books themselves,…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Childrens Literature, Electronic Books, Second Language Learning
Christopher R. Cox; Matthew J. Cooper Borkenhagen; Mark S. Seidenberg – Grantee Submission, 2019
Learning to read English requires learning the complex statistical dependencies between orthography and phonology. Previous research has focused on how these statistics are learned in neural network models provided with as much training as needed. Children, however, are expected to acquire this knowledge in a few years of school with only limited…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Reading Instruction, Orthographic Symbols
Al-Jarf, Reima S.; Mingazova, Nailya G. – Online Submission, 2020
This study analyzed the textbooks titled "Arabic for Non-native Speaking Children", Level I by Zakirov, Mingazova, and Mukhametzyanov (2011), and "Arabic for Non-Native Speaking Children", Level II by Mingazova, Zakirov, and Mukhametzyanov (2013) which are used to teach Arabic as a foreign language (AFL) to elementary school…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Grammar
Al-Jarf, Reima – Online Submission, 2021
This study investigates the differential effects of the iPad on first and second language learning by Saudi children in the home environment. The subjects consisted of 78 parents and 118 children. The children were grouped into: 1-6 years old (young children in kindergarten and pre-school); 7- 9 years (grades 1-3); and 10-12 years (grades 4-6).…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Handheld Devices, Foreign Countries
Loiseau, Mathieu; Cervini, Cristiana; Ceccherelli, Andrea; Masperi, Monica; Salomoni, Paola; Roccetti, Marco; Valva, Antonella; Bianco, Francesca – Research-publishing.net, 2016
In this paper, we present two versions of a learning game developed respectively at the Grenoble Alpes and Bologna University. This research focuses on a digital game aimed at favouring the learners' "playful attitude" and harnessing it towards "accuracy" aspects of language learning (lexicon and morphology, here). The game,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Educational Games, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)

Chu-Chang, Mae; Loritz, Donald J. – 1976
Three main issues relating to the question of silent speech in reading are considered: (1) How do Chinese speakers process Chinese ideographs in short-term memory? (2) How is Chinese students' learning of written English affected by the transition to an alphabetic language? (3) Are the strategies for encoding written words in short-term memory…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Cantonese, Chinese, Cognitive Processes