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Salimi, Asghar – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
Second Language learners' oral task performance has been one of interesting and research generating areas of investigations in the field of second language acquisition specially, task-based language teaching and learning. The main purpose of the present study is to investigate the effect of focus on form and task complexity on L2 learners' oral…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Difficulty Level, Form Classes (Languages), Oral English
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Suty, Karen A.; Friel-Patti, Sandy – Sign Language Studies, 1982
Examines the spontaneous language of deaf children without forcing the analysis to fit the features of a spoken language system. Suggests linguistic competence of deaf children is commensurate with their cognitive age and is not adequately described by the standard spoken English language tests. (EKN)
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Deafness, Language Acquisition
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Tarone, Elaine – Language Learning, 1974
A model of speech perception and production is suggested here which attempts to account for different rates of acquisition of perceptual and productive skill in the second language without assuming the existence of two separate second language grammars. (Author/KM)
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Cognitive Processes, Language Acquisition, Language Proficiency
Bradshaw, John – Audio-Visual Language Journal, 1974
Asserts that language mastery should be judged separately from knowledge, reasoning ability and personality traits. Recognition of and communication of intention are discussed as key factors in language mastery, and the skills of reading, speaking, writing and comprehension are described as independent skills. (RM)
Descriptors: Language Ability, Language Acquisition, Language Arts, Language Learning Levels
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Frederick, E. Coston; Hackleman, Beverly – Reading Horizons, 1971
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Grade 1, Language Acquisition, Language Proficiency
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Forbes, James N.; Farrar, M. Jeffrey – Cognitive Development, 1995
Systematically explored how three different initial training contexts affect children's and adults' interpretation of novel action verbs. Subjects included 54 3-yearolds, 60 10-year olds, and 60 college-age adults. Findings suggest a hierarchy of verb learning strategies, especially among the youngest children. (DR)
Descriptors: Age Differences, College Students, Context Effect, Language Acquisition
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Kent, Judith F.; Rakestraw, Jennie – Journal of Computing in Childhood Education, 1994
Explores the role of computer-assisted activities in functional language learning. Suggests that computers appear to be a valuable tool for facilitating language use within the classroom. When used appropriately, computers can provide a genuine, real-world context for children's explorations through their journey to becoming competent literacy…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Functional Literacy, Language Acquisition
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Harada, Kazuko I. – 1976
By age two, a child begins to form complex sentences by joining two or more sentences or by embedding one sentence into another. Formation of conjoined structures is a simpler process and emerges earlier than that of embedding structures. This paper attempts to answer the following questions: (1) Do children produce or understand embedding…
Descriptors: Child Language, Comprehension, Imitation, Intellectual Development
Swain, Merrill; And Others – 1974
Elicited imitation occurs in an experimental situation during which subjects are requested to repeat a model sentence constructed so as to include specific desired grammatical structures. Elicited translation involves giving subjects a sentence in one language, and asking them to say the same thing, but in another language; elicited translation…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Comprehension, Data Collection, Imitation
Serapiglia, Theresa – 1978
The purpose of this study is to compare the English syntactic structures produced in spontaneous oral language and the receptive English syntactic and vocabulary skills of bilingual Spanish and Indian children and monolingual Anglo-Americans, all of whom qualify for Title I elementary schools (Grades 1-6). People in Action, the Northwestern Syntax…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Comprehension
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Glad, Diana; And Others – 1979
English monolingual and Spanish/English bilingual children in kindergarten and first grade in 11 states were administered two tests from the EL CIRCO (CIRCUS) battery. The purpose of the study was to determine comparative acquisition of English grammar for kindergarteners and first graders and for bilingual and English monolingual children. Data…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Case (Grammar), Comprehension, Elementary School Students
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Tebble, Helen A. – 1976
This article argues that courses in linguistics should be included in all teacher training programs, whether the students are training to be general teachers or language teachers specializing in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) or Foreign Languages in the Elementary School (FLES). Details of lectures and assignments for two topics,…
Descriptors: Body Language, Child Language, Curriculum Guides, English (Second Language)
Hamayan, Else V.; Tucker, G. Richard – 1979
This study describes certain communication strategies used by Anglophone children learning French as a second language as well as by children whose mother tongue is French. Three groups of children in the third and fifth grades participated in the study: French native speakers, Anglophone children learning French in an immersion setting, and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), Elementary Secondary Education