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Direct linkHila Gendler-Shalev; Rama Novogrodsky – First Language, 2024
Toddlers with smaller vocabulary than expected for their age are considered late talkers (LT). This study explored the effects of characteristics of words on vocabulary acquisition of 12- to 24-month-old LT children compared with an age matched (AM) and a vocabulary matched (VM) group of typically developing peers. Using the…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Phonology, Hebrew, Language Skills
Download full textDavid Beglar – Vocabulary Learning and Instruction, 2021
Four papers by Brandon Kramer, Tohru Matsuo, Aaron Sponseller, Young Ae Kim, Suzuka Nishiyama, and Stuart McLean; Stuart Benson and Naheen Madarbakus-Ring; Michael McGuire and Jennifer Larson-Hall; and Atsushi Mizumoto, Geoffrey Pinchbeck, and Stuart McLean were presented in the morning session of the 2021 Vocabulary SIG Symposium held in Kyoto,…
Descriptors: Vocabulary, Conferences (Gatherings), Conference Papers, English for Academic Purposes
Tsai, Kuei-Ju – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2019
Corpora are well-known for the affordance to make linguistic regularities salient. Since the coinage of the term 'data-driven learning' (DDL) in the 1990s, much has been done to investigate the effects of DDL on learning vocabulary, most notably lexico-grammatical patterns. However, less researched is how learners construct vocabulary knowledge…
Descriptors: Dictionaries, Computational Linguistics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Römer, Ute – Language Testing, 2017
This paper aims to connect recent corpus research on phraseology with current language testing practice. It discusses how corpora and corpus-analytic techniques can illuminate central aspects of speech and help in conceptualizing the notion of lexicogrammar in second language speaking assessment. The description of speech and some of its core…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Grammar, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Dolman, David; Rook, Laurie – Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education, 2017
This article describes and evaluates one residential school for the deaf and hard of hearing, Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf (ENCSD), and their experience in implementing the Fairview Learning program. The program consists of five components (Schimmel & Edwards, 2003). Two of the components--phonemic awareness and literature-based…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Residential Schools, Program Implementation
Wu, Shaoqun; Li, Liang; Witten, Ian; Yu, Alex – International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching, 2018
This article reports on a language learning system and a program designed to help students with academic vocabulary in the New Zealand university computer science department. The system is a learner-friendly corpus-based tool that allows students to look up lexico-grammatical patterns of a given word in academic writing. The program, based on a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Science Education, Graduate Students, Academic Language
Coady, Jeffry A.; Mainela-Arnold, Elina; Evans, Julia L. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2013
Background & Aims: The present study examined how phonological and lexical knowledge influences memory in children with specific language impairments (SLI). Previous work showed recall advantages for typical adults and children due to word frequency and phonotactic pattern frequency and a recall disadvantage due to phonological similarity…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Word Lists, Phonology, Memory
Lubliner, Shira; Hiebert, Elfrieda H. – Bilingual Research Journal, 2011
Three analyses of Spanish-English cognates were conducted, with the purpose of identifying features that might facilitate or inhibit bilingual students' cognate recognition and cross-language transfer of vocabulary knowledge. Results revealed that both the General Service List and the Academic Word List (AWL) contain a substantial number of…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Bilingual Students, Writing (Composition), Phonology
Hancioglu, Nilgun; Neufeld, Steven; Eldridge, John – English for Specific Purposes, 2008
This article describes two complementary research projects into lexical patterning and frequency in general and academic English. The research suggests that treating current popularly used wordlists such as the General Service List (GSL) and the Academic Word List (AWL) as distinct constructs is of questionable merit. Rather, there are strong…
Descriptors: Word Lists, Word Frequency, English (Second Language), Academic Discourse
Folse, Keith S. – English Teaching Forum, 2008
This article focuses on the development of vocabulary among English language learners. The author first defines what a "word" means, then discusses five aspects of vocabulary knowledge. Drawing on Swain (1993), the author identifies three main goals of vocabulary learning. The rest of the article is devoted to the description of six…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Vocabulary Development, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
VAKAR, N.P. – 1965
A WORD LIST OF SPOKEN RUSSIAN WAS COMPILED BASED ON AN ACTUAL COUNT OF 10,000 WORDS. THE WORDS WERE COMPOSED OF 50-WORD SAMPLES TAKEN FROM 200 ACTS OF 93 PLAYS PUBLISHED SINCE 1957. IT WAS FOUND THAT JUST 360 WORDS, FROM A TOTAL OF 2,380 WORDS TABULATED, REPRESENTED 73 PERCENT OF ALL OCCURRENCES. THE AUTHOR PREPARED SAMPLE DIALOGUES USING ONLY…
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Language Research, Russian, Vocabulary
Koff, Robert H.; Feldman, David H. – 1968
Word associations to 51 stimulus words selected from the Kent and Rosanoff stimulus list were obtained from 110 graduate and 75 undergraduate teacher trainees. Associations were analyzed so that comparisons between teacher-trainee associations and several adult normative collections could be made. Response homogeneity was found to increase…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Language Patterns, Verbal Stimuli, Word Lists
Peer reviewedGreenfeld, Philip J. – International Journal of American Linguistics, 1973
Paper presented at the 11th Conference on American Indian Languages, Toronto, Canada, December 1972; research supported by the Doris Duke Foundation and a University of Arizona Predoctoral Fellowship. (RS)
Descriptors: Apache, Cultural Influences, Descriptive Linguistics, Language Patterns
Friederich, Wolf – Russisch, 1973
Review of reference system for accent placement in Russian nominals as devised by Egon Fouquet in Idioma,'' 3 1966; conclusion to follow in n2 1973. (RS)
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Descriptive Linguistics, Intonation, Language Patterns
Peer reviewedMcCabe, Don – Reading Teacher, 1978
Over three quarters of the Dolch basic words may be taught by a word family approach. (MKM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Language Patterns, Phonics, Reading Instruction
