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Direct linkHirosh, Zoya; Degani, Tamar – Language Learning, 2021
When learning novel vocabulary in a third language (L3) through translations in the first language (L1), bilinguals may have more available cognitive resources and more accumulated experience in language regulation compared to when learning through translations in the second language (L2). In a study designed to test language of instruction (LOI)…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Native Language, German, Vocabulary Development
Sierens, Sven; Van Gorp, Koen; Slembrouck, Stef; Van Avermaet, Piet – Language Learning, 2021
This study aimed to test three competing hypotheses concerning the strength of the cross-language relationship in listening comprehension proficiency in emergent bilinguals: Cummins's developmental linguistic interdependence hypothesis, Proctor, August, Snow, and Barr's interdependence continuum hypothesis, and Goodrich, Lonigan, Kleuver, and…
Descriptors: Turkish, Indo European Languages, Listening Comprehension, Language Proficiency
Oppenheim, Gary M.; Griffin, Zenzi; Peña, Elizabeth D.; Bedore, Lisa M. – Language Learning, 2020
Theories of how language works have shifted from rule-like competence accounts to more skill-like incremental learning accounts. Under these, people acquire language incrementally, through practice, and may even lose it incrementally as they acquire competing mappings. Incremental learning implies that (1) a bilingual's abilities in their…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Language Usage, Children, Family Environment
Dang, Thi Ngoc Yen; Coxhead, Averil; Webb, Stuart – Language Learning, 2017
The linguistic features of academic spoken English are different from those of academic written English. Therefore, for this study, an Academic Spoken Word List (ASWL) was developed and validated to help second language (L2) learners enhance their comprehension of academic speech in English-medium universities. The ASWL contains 1,741 word…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Word Lists, Computational Linguistics, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewedHauptman, Philip C.; And Others – Language Learning, 1988
Describes a study in which second language students of French and students of English as a Second Language enrolled in a special introductory psychology course in their second language in a special, sheltered class. Students successfully mastered the subject matter and measurably improved their second language proficiency. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Communication Apprehension, English (Second Language), French, Higher Education
Peer reviewedGenesee, F.; And Others – Language Learning, 1978
Presents results of the fourth evaluation of trilingual school programs in French, Hebrew, and English being offered on an experimental basis in several elementary schools in Montreal. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Education, English, French
