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Kosar, Gülten – Online Submission, 2018
The purpose of this study employing a pre-test post-test control group research design is to investigate the impact of the intervention in brain-compatible learning principles on young adult learners' proficiency in English. The study was carried out with the participation of 53 university preparatory students aged 18-21. So as to elucidate the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
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Chen, Mei-Hua; Huang, Chung-Chi; Huang, Shih-Ting; Chang, Jason S.; Liou, Hsien-Chin – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2014
Formulaic language is important to language acquisition; however, English language learners are often reported to have problems with formulaic expressions. Several lists of formulaic sequences have been proposed, mainly for developing teaching and testing materials. However, their limited numbers and insufficient usage information seem unable to…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Chinese, College Freshmen, Language Usage
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Önem, Evrim; Ergenç, Iclal – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2013
Much research has shown that there is a negative relationship between high levels of anxiety and success for English language teaching. This paper aimed to test a model of teaching for anxiety and success in English language teaching to affect anxiety and success levels at the same time in a control-experiment group with pre- and post-test study…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries
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Stoodley, Catherine J.; Schmahmann, Jeremy D. – Brain and Language, 2009
Clinical and imaging studies suggest that the cerebellum is involved in language tasks, but the extent to which slowed language production in cerebellar patients contributes to their poor performance on these tasks is not clear. We explored this relationship in 18 patients with cerebellar degeneration and 16 healthy controls who completed measures…
Descriptors: Reaction Time, Phonemics, Semantics, Nouns
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Shriver, A. S.; Canady, J.; Richman, L.; Andreasen, N. C.; Nopoulos, P. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2006
Background: In a previous study from our lab, adult males with non-syndromic cleft lip and/or palate (NSCLP) were shown to have significantly lower temporal lobe gray matter volume than matched controls. The current study was designed to begin a regional analysis of specific subregions of the temporal lobe. The superior temporal plane (STP) is a…
Descriptors: Hearing Impairments, Language Tests, Congenital Impairments, Intelligence Quotient