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Gulzhana Kuzembayeva; Zhannat Maigeldiyeva; Bibigul Kussanova; Zhumagul Maydangalieva – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2024
This research explores into the issues faced by heritage language speakers and learners, a topic gaining increasing relevance as millions of individuals reside outside their country or region of birth for various reasons. The primary objective of this study is to investigate the experiences and proficiency of the heritage language among ethnic…
Descriptors: Native Language, Language Proficiency, Language Enrichment, Foreign Countries
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Shi, Lu-Feng – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2012
Purpose: The present study was designed to investigate what linguistic variables best predict bilingual recognition of acoustically degraded sentences and how to identify bilingual individuals who might have more difficulty than their monolingual counterparts on such tasks. Method: Four hundred English speech-perception-in-noise (SPIN) sentences…
Descriptors: Sentences, Linguistics, Monolingualism, Language Enrichment
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Baker-Smemoe, Wendy; Cundick, Denisa K.; Evans, Norman; Henrichsen, Lynn; Dewey, Dan P. – Applied Language Learning, 2012
This study investigated the relationship between out-of-class L2 use and proficiency gains in learners of English as a second language (ESL) in an intensive English language program. In contrast to previous studies on this topic, which have found weak, non-existent or even inverse relationships between out-of-class language experience and L2…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), English (Second Language), Language Enrichment, Semi Structured Interviews
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Goldstein, Brian A.; Bunta, Ferenc; Lange, Jenny; Rodriguez, Jenny; Burrows, Lauren – American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2010
Purpose: The present study investigated the effects of selected measures of language experience (parent-reported estimates of frequency of output and language use) and language ability (parent-reported language proficiency and mean length of utterance in words) on the segmental accuracy of Spanish- and English-speaking bilingual children. Method:…
Descriptors: Language Aptitude, Language Enrichment, Language Proficiency, Language Acquisition
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Crossley, Scott A.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Journal of Second Language Writing, 2011
This study investigates intergroup homogeneity within high intermediate and advanced L2 writers of English from Czech, Finnish, German, and Spanish first language backgrounds. A variety of linguistic features related to lexical sophistication, syntactic complexity, and cohesion were used to compare texts written by L1 speakers of English to L2…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Language Proficiency, Language Enrichment, English (Second Language)
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Marques-Pascual, Laura – Foreign Language Annals, 2011
This study investigates second language (L2) development of Spanish verbal morphology, subject omissions, and subject-verb (SV) inversions by learners in two different proficiency levels and learning contexts. Oral narratives from 40 L2 learners at the intermediate and advanced levels, both at home and in a study abroad (SA) program, were examined…
Descriptors: Verbs, Morphology (Languages), Spanish, Language Enrichment
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Rivera Maulucci, Maria S. – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2011
One of the central challenges globalization and immigration present to education is how to construct school language policies, procedures, and curricula to support academic success of immigrant youth. This case-study compares and contrasts language experience narratives along Elena's developmental trajectory of becoming an urban science teacher.…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Immersion Programs, Global Approach, Science Teachers
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von Randow, Janet – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2010
Although international and domestic students applying to English-medium universities may well meet the minimum language entry requirement, recent research indicates that this level of language proficiency often does not provide students with the means to cope effectively with their academic studies (Barthel, 2007; Elder, 2003; Read & Hayes,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Language Learners, College Freshmen, Needs Assessment
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Morford, Jill P.; Grieve-Smith, Angus B.; MacFarlane, James; Staley, Joshua; Waters, Gabriel – Cognition, 2008
Perception of American Sign Language (ASL) handshape and place of articulation parameters was investigated in three groups of signers: deaf native signers, deaf non-native signers who acquired ASL between the ages of 10 and 18, and hearing non-native signers who acquired ASL as a second language between the ages of 10 and 26. Participants were…
Descriptors: Deafness, American Sign Language, Identification, Perception
Montgomery, Joel R. – Online Submission, 2008
This working paper will explore the usefulness of Cummins' framework relating language proficiency to academic performance (1983) as a reflection and planning tool for continuous improvement of second language learning (SLL) instruction. SLL activities designed for a Language Experience intervention class for seventh and eighth grade English…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Enrichment, Language Proficiency, Instructional Design
Hwang, Menq-Ju – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Chinese characters are used in both Chinese and Japanese writing systems. When literate speakers of either language experience problems in finding or understanding words, they often resort to using Chinese characters or "kanji" (i.e., Chinese characters used in Japanese writing) in their talk, a practice known as "brush talk" ("bitan" in Chinese,…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Speech Communication, Romanization, Second Language Learning
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Marian, Viorica; Blumenfeld, Henrike K.; Kaushanskaya, Margarita – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2007
Purpose: To develop a reliable and valid questionnaire of bilingual language status with predictable relationships between self-reported and behavioral measures. Method: In Study 1, the internal validity of the Language Experience and Proficiency Questionnaire (LEAP-Q) was established on the basis of self-reported data from 52 multilingual adult…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Profiles, Multilingualism, Language Enrichment
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Oller, John W., Jr. – ADFL Bulletin, 1991
A discussion of the theoretical underpinnings of pragmatic approaches to foreign language testing focuses on why methods emphasizing holistic approaches to language through sensible experience are more effective than bit-by-bit, discrete-point, surface-oriented approaches that tend to neglect meaning. (21 references) (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Holistic Evaluation, Language Enrichment, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
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Hammerly, Hector – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1992
Reasserts, in response to a review of a book about language immersion programs, that the linguistic failure of immersion programs has major theoretical implications, focusing on the failure of immersion students to reach nativelike language proficiency and the failure to emphasize language accuracy. (two references) (CB)
Descriptors: Error Analysis (Language), French, Immersion Programs, Instructional Effectiveness
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O'Donnell, William R. – Journal of Applied Linguistics, 1986
The concepts of language acquisition and interlanguage as they relate to second language teaching methods are discussed. The aim of such teaching should be error-free communicative competence. Formal teaching is not enough to ensure a high level of proficiency. (CB)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Interlanguage, Language Acquisition, Language Enrichment
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