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Leilei Wang; Shuting Li; Chongying Wang – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Language difficulties exert profound negative effects on the cognitive and social development of autistic children. Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT) is a promising intervention for improving social communication in autistic children, but there is a lack of a comprehensive examination of language functions. This study aimed to investigate the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Special Schools
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Noboru Sakai – Journal of Educators Online, 2025
This study aims to investigate ChatGPT's ability to comprehend input from nonnative speakers, specifically those learning English as a second language, with Japanese speakers serving as the model population. The experiment examines how ChatGPT evaluates the difficulty levels of the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC), which is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Artificial Intelligence, Native Speakers, English (Second Language)
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Antonija Šaric – European Journal of Education (EJED), 2022
There is no doubt that formulaic expressions such as collocations, idioms and compounds play an important role in the second language acquisition and their teaching should be an integral part of foreign language learning since they show insights into foreign language culture and promote fluency, proficiency and communicative competence. That is…
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Second Language Learning, Cultural Awareness, Language Skills
Basma A. Moreb – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study was a mixed method research. The quantitative part investigated Saudi English learners' English vivid phrasal (VP) idiom detection differences by lexical level, semi- lexical level, and post-lexical level, as well as comprehension and interpretation by zero-context and full-context conditions. It also researched the extent to which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Patterns
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Yasmine Tachakourt; Outhmane Rassili – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2024
This study aims to extend statistical learning (SL) research to multilinguals and provide an insight into what could facilitate word segmentation. We studied how the number of cues available in the input as well as the number of languages spoken influence SL and word segmentation. We used two SL tasks: one involving the tracking of transitional…
Descriptors: Tone Languages, Multilingualism, Bilingualism, Second Language Learning
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Syunina, Anastasia S.; Yarmakeev, Iskander E.; Pimenova, Tatiana S.; Abdrafikova, Albina R. – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2018
The aim of this study is to monitor, analyse and assess the effectiveness of using idioms in mastering students' vocabulary knowledge and improving speech in EFL class. The leading research method was a three-stage experiment. To successfully conduct the experiment, there were compiled a list of an active vocabulary and a list of English idioms…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Language Patterns, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Laws, Jacqueline – First Language, 2019
This corpus-based study provides a baseline of complex word usage patterns in the spontaneous speech of English preschool children to ascertain the characteristics of their derivative vocabulary before literacy development affects language skills. Frequencies of suffixed derivatives produced by (N = 243) children aged 2-5 and their caregivers were…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Word Frequency, Classification, Vocabulary Skills
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Chen, Linli – English Language Teaching, 2009
There are six translation tactics in translating English idioms into Chinese: literal translation, compensatory translation, free translation, explanational translation, borrowing, integrated approach. Each tactic should be reasonably employed in the process of translating, so as to keep the flavor of the original English idioms as well as to…
Descriptors: Translation, English, Language Patterns, Chinese
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Barnes, Julia – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2011
Contexts of limited input such as trilingual families where a language is not spoken in the wider community but only by a reduced number of speakers in the home provide a unique opportunity to examine closely the relationship between a child's input and what she learns to say. Barnes reported on the relationship between maternal input and a…
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Parent Background, Cultural Influences, Multilingualism
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Foster-Cohen, Susan; Edgin, Jamie O.; Champion, Patricia R.; Woodward, Lianne J. – Journal of Child Language, 2007
This study examined the effects of being born very preterm on children's early language development using prospective longitudinal data from a representative regional cohort of 90 children born very preterm (gestational age less than 33 weeks and/or birth weight less than 1,500 grams) and a comparison sample of 102 children born full term…
Descriptors: Pregnancy, Premature Infants, Foreign Countries, Language Skills
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Nyamasyo, Eunice A. – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 1994
A corpus-based approach is used to describe types of spelling errors, concluding that there are a variety of sources for the differences in the sound system of English and the first language of the students in the study. The teaching of spelling and the inclusion of a contrastive analysis approach in English courses are advocated. (20 references)…
Descriptors: College Students, Databases, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language)
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Simmons-McDonald, Hazel – Language Learning, 1994
Compares the developmental patterns in the acquisition of negation by five French Creole-speaking and four Creole English-speaking Saint Lucian children ages five and six. Similar patterns of development and error types were found for both groups, but the French Creole speakers remained at a less advanced stage than did the Creole English speakers…
Descriptors: Children, Comparative Analysis, Creoles, Cultural Differences
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Nickerson, Catherine – English for Specific Purposes, 1998
A study investigated communication patterns in written English and the prevalent corporate culture, the relationship between a British corporate office and its subsidiary in the Netherlands. Survey respondents were senior-level employees at 107 companies. Results indicate corporate culture plays an important role in the level of English skills…
Descriptors: Business Communication, English (Second Language), English for Special Purposes, Foreign Countries
Coelho, Elizabeth – TESL Talk, 1982
Language for success in curricular and extracurricular contexts shows a range and complexity beyond the scope of most secondary school ESL programs in Canadian schools. The subject-specific language structure, rhetoric, and vocabulary for secondary level geography, history, and science are used as examples. (MSE)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Geography Instruction
Peace Corps, Manila (Philippines). – 1993
This guide is designed for Ivatan (Ibatan) language training of Peace Corps workers in the Philippines, and reflects daily communication needs in that context. It consists of: phrase lists for a wide range of daily activities and needs; a list of targeted core language competencies, at three proficiency levels, for those daily activities; an…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Community Services, Competency Based Education, Daily Living Skills
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