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Gladfelter, Allison; Goffman, Lisa – Language Learning and Development, 2013
The goal of this study was to investigate the effects of prosodic stress patterns and semantic depth on word learning. Twelve preschool-aged children with typically developing speech and language skills participated in a word learning task. Novel words with either a trochaic or iambic prosodic pattern were embedded in one of two learning…
Descriptors: Intonation, Phonology, Semantics, Vocabulary Development
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Tahriri, Abdorreza; Sabet, Masoud Khalili; Aeineh, Afrouz – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2014
The present study sought to investigate the effect of portfolio assessment on idiom competence of Iranian EFL learners. For the purpose of this study, 30 students from upper-intermediate level of English proficiency took part in this study. They were chosen through convenience sampling from a language institute in Rasht, Iran. They were randomly…
Descriptors: Portfolio Assessment, Language Patterns, Writing Skills, Writing Strategies