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von Hagen, Alexa; Kohnen, Saskia; Stadie, Nicole – Educational Psychology Review, 2021
This systematic review investigated how successful children/adolescents with poor literacy skills learn a foreign language compared with their peers with typical literacy skills. Moreover, we explored whether specific characteristics related to participants, foreign language instruction, and assessment moderated scores on foreign language tests in…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Children
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Kopecková, Romana; Gut, Ulrike; Wrembel, Magdalena; Balas, Anna – Second Language Research, 2023
This study investigates sources of phonological cross-linguistic influence (CLI) at the initial stages of third language (L3) acquisition in light of the predictions of the second language (L2) Status Factor Model, the Typological Primacy Model, the Cumulative Enhancement Model, the Linguistic Proximity Model and the Scalpel Model. The productions…
Descriptors: Phonology, Transfer of Training, Native Language, Second Language Learning
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Kim, Minkyung; Crossley, Scott A.; Skalicky, Stephen – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2018
This study examines whether lexical features and textual properties along with individual differences on the part of readers influence word processing times during second language (L2) reading comprehension. Forty-eight Spanish-speaking adolescent and adult learners of English read nine English passages in a self-paced word-by-word reading…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Second Language Learning, Reading Comprehension, Reading Processes
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Kopecková, Romana; Marecka, Marta; Wrembel, Magdalena; Gut, Ulrike – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2016
This study examines the interactions between three vocalic subsystems of multilingual speakers and explores the role language status might play in explaining variability across them. Eight 14-year-olds raised in Germany, who had learnt English at school for 6 years and Polish for 1 year, participated in the study. They were divided into three…
Descriptors: Phonology, Multilingualism, Systems Approach, Individual Differences
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Dolosic, Haley N.; Brantmeier, Cindy; Strube, Michael; Hogrebe, Mark C. – Foreign Language Annals, 2016
With 24 adolescent students enrolled in a French language summer camp, the present study examines the relationship between self-assessment and oral production in French, interpreting results through a framework of individual learning variables. Participants were surrounded by French inside and outside the classroom. Self-assessment was measured…
Descriptors: French, Second Language Learning, Summer Programs, Adolescents
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Khany, Reza; Khosravian, Fereshteh – English Language Teaching, 2014
Language teaching has passed through a long way in search of a remedy for language learners and teachers. Countless theories, approaches, and methods have been recommended. With all these, however, more inclusive L2 theories and models ought to be considered to come up with real classroom practices. One of such crucial practices is authenticity,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Granena, Gisela – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Very high-level, functional ability in foreign languages is increasingly important in many walks of life. It is also very rare, and likely requires an early start and/or a special aptitude. This study investigated the extent to which aptitude for explicit learning, defined as "analytic ability" and aptitude for implicit learning, defined…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Second Language Learning, Chinese, Spanish
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Dale, Philip S.; Harlaar, Nicole; Plomin, Robert – Language Learning, 2012
Variability in achievement across learners is a hallmark of second language (L2) learning, especially in academic-based learning. The Twins Early Development Study (TEDS), based on a large, population-representative sample in the United Kingdom, provides the first opportunity to examine individual differences in second language achievement in a…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Twins, Structural Equation Models, Second Language Learning
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2017
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2017, taking place in Budapest, Hungary, from 29 of April to 1 of May, 2017. Modern psychology offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Anxiety, Cognitive Restructuring, Outcomes of Treatment
Bialystok, Ellen; Frohlich, Maria – Interlanguage Studies Bulletin, 1980
This study examined the conditions for the selection of certain communication strategies in terms of the inferencing ability of the learner, the formal proficiency level attained, and the features of the communicative situation (task requirements). Two groups of 17-year-olds--one studying advanced French and the other French as part of a "core"…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Communicative Competence (Languages), Error Analysis (Language)
Hare, Francis A., III – 1992
Case studies of six foreign adolescents participating in a 3-week immersion English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) program at the American Village language camp in Big Sky, Montana, are examined, including the students' motivations in learning and using English. Research focused on exploring student motivations toward learning and using English at the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, English (Second Language), Immersion Programs