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Ding, Yanren – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2007
Good language learner studies show that attending to form is associated with successful learning. This paper reports interviews with three university English majors who had won prizes in nationwide English speaking competitions and debate tournaments in China. The interviewees regarded text memorization and imitation as the most effective methods…
Descriptors: Imitation, Memorization, Foreign Countries, Linguistic Input
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Morariu, Janis A.; Bruning, Roger H. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1984
Two experiments were conducted on the influence of language mode (print or sign) and syntax (English or American Sign Language) on recall, preference, and comprehension. Prelingual deaf individuals' visual orientation produced a sign-based encoding system that responded to American Sign Language as a familiar language. (Author/BS)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Cognitive Processes, Deafness, Encoding (Psychology)
Staton, Jana; And Others – 1982
This is the first of two related documents reporting a study that analyzed the text of 26 student-teacher dialogue journals from a sixth grade class as a developmental link between students' natural competence in oral conversation and their developing competence in written language. The first section of the report discusses (1) the purpose of the…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Dialogs (Language), Elementary School Students, Grade 6