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The Comprehension of Relative Clauses in Mandarin Children with Suspected Specific Language Impairment
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Yu, Haopeng; Wang, Haiyan; He, Xiaowei – Journal of Child Language, 2023
This paper investigates the comprehension of Relative Clauses (RCs) in 15 Mandarin children with suspected Specific Language Impairment (SLI) (aged between 4; 5 and 6; 0) and 29 typically developing (TD) controls. Results from a Character Picture Matching Task indicate that (i) the subject RC was better understood than the object RC in children…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Impairments, Phrase Structure, Comprehension
L2 Learners' Receptive and Productive Knowledge of Phrasal Verbs
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Kamarudin, Rafidah; Majid, Faizah Abd; Zamin, Ainul Azmin Mohd; Daud, Nor Shidrah Mat – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2019
Phrasal verbs (PVs) are very common in English, indicating their usefulness in everyday settings. However, it was reported that language learners generally have great difficulties in understanding and using this linguistic form. This study investigated Malaysian learners' receptive and productive knowledge of PVs, and some possible factors which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Task-Supported Language Teaching to Enhance Young EFL Adolescent Learners' Comprehension and Production of English Phrasal Verbs in Taiwan
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Chou, Mu-Hsuan – Education 3-13, 2020
Researchers and language teachers have become increasingly aware of the importance of multi-word items in developing fluency and sounding native-like in English. Nevertheless, understanding and using English phrasal verbs can be challenging and limiting for learners in an EFL environment; offering opportunities to maximise their use of phrasal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Comprehension
Verbal Working Memory Resources and Comprehension of Relative Clauses in Children with Cochlear Implants
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Volpato, Francesca – First Language, 2020
Verbal working memory resources may impact syntax comprehension. Thirteen Italian children with cochlear implants (CIs) were assessed in relative clause (RC) comprehension, digit span and nonword repetition and compared to 13 chronological age peers (CA) and 13 younger controls (LA) with normal hearing (NH). The RC comprehension task tested…
Descriptors: Verbal Ability, Short Term Memory, Assistive Technology, Prediction
English Reading Instruction in China: Chinese Teachers' Perspectives and Comments
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Hu, Ran; Baumann, James F. – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2014
The purpose of this study was to describe teachers' perspectives and comments about their reading curriculum and instruction at different school levels. A brief historical examination of the English instruction and the contemporary education policies in China was provided. Twelve Chinese teachers of English at different schools levels participated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Instruction, English (Second Language), Reading Instruction
Constituent Structure in Text-Copying.
Griffiths, Patrick – 1986
A study explored the use of a text-copying task for the determination of syntactic constituent structure. It was predicted that the task would be a naturalistic, reasonably direct, and sensitive psycholinguistic research method. In two experiments, 70 subjects wrote out copies of typed passages. The points where they paused and looked back to the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Comprehension, Foreign Countries