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De Cat, Cécile – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2020
Using advanced quantitative methods, this article demonstrates that cumulative exposure to the school language is the best language experience predictor of proficiency in that language (as indexed by sentence repetition, lexical semantic, and discourse semantic tasks) in a highly diverse group of 5- to 7-year-old bilingual children in monolingual…
Descriptors: Semantics, Elementary School Students, Predictor Variables, Bilingualism
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De Wilde, Vanessa; Brysbaert, Marc; Eyckmans, June – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2022
A second language can be learned inside and outside the classroom. In this study we investigated the English and French vocabulary knowledge of 110 Dutch-speaking children (age 10-12), who received 100 hours of instruction in French, whereas their contact with English came from out-of-school exposure only. We examined the role of individual…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Second Language Learning, French, Vocabulary Development
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Rogers, John; Cheung, Anisa – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2021
This study is a conceptual replication of Rogers and Cheung's (2018) investigation into distribution of practice effects on the learning of L2 vocabulary in child EFL classrooms in Hong Kong. Following a pretest, treatment, delayed posttest design, 66 primary school students (Cantonese L1) studied 20 vocabulary items over three training episodes…
Descriptors: Linguistic Input, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Roehr-Brackin, Karen; Tellier, Angela – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2019
Language-analytic ability, or the ability to treat language as an object of analysis and arrive at linguistic generalizations, is at the core of the constructs of language learning aptitude and metalinguistic awareness, which are implicated in our ability to learn explicitly. In the context of child second language (L2) learning, it has been…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, French, Longitudinal Studies
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Schröter, Pauline; Schroeder, Sascha – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2017
Investigating the impact of linguistic characteristics on visual word recognition in children, we studied whether differences in native (L1) and second language (L2) processing already emerge at the beginning of reading development. German elementary school students in grades 2 to 6 completed a battery of standardized tests and a lexical decision…
Descriptors: German, Native Language, Second Language Learning, Word Recognition
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Flanigan, Beverly Olson – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1995
Examined the development of control over anaphoric reference and relativization by 23 elementary school students learning English as a Second Language (ESL) in a pull-out classroom employing little overt grammar instruction. Results found that second language exposure and proficiency level, rather that age or first language background, had more…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary School Students, English (Second Language), Grammar
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Magnan, Sally Sieloff – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1983
A study of the reactions of French elementary and secondary school students and adults to 15 error types in an American's speech indicates younger students are most sensitive to gender errors, older students are less sensitive, and adults are least annoyed. Possible explanations and comparisons with other languages are presented. (MSE)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Elementary School Students, Error Patterns
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Rose, Kenneth R. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2000
Reports results of an exploratory cross-sectional study of pragmatic development among three groups of primary school students in Hong Kong who complete a cartoon oral production task designed to elicit requests, apologies, and compliment responses. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Cross Sectional Studies, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
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Harley, Birgit; Hart, Doug – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1997
Investigates the relationship between language aptitude components and second language (L2) outcomes among learners whose intensive L2 exposure began at different ages. Findings reveal that in adolescence immersion, a positive relationship occurs between L2 outcomes and an analytical dimension of language aptitude, whereas in early immersion, a…
Descriptors: Age, Cloze Procedure, Developmental Stages, Elementary School Students