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De Cat, Cécile – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2020
Using advanced quantitative methods, this article demonstrates that cumulative exposure to the school language is the best language experience predictor of proficiency in that language (as indexed by sentence repetition, lexical semantic, and discourse semantic tasks) in a highly diverse group of 5- to 7-year-old bilingual children in monolingual…
Descriptors: Semantics, Elementary School Students, Predictor Variables, Bilingualism
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Tsunemoto, Aki; Lindberg, Rachael; Trofimovich, Pavel; McDonough, Kim – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2021
This study examined the role of visual cues (facial expressions and hand gestures) in second language (L2) speech assessment. University students (N = 60) at English-medium universities assessed 2-minute video clips of 20 L2 English speakers (10 Chinese and 10 Spanish speakers) narrating a personal story. They rated the speakers'…
Descriptors: Cues, Visual Stimuli, Nonverbal Communication, Second Language Learning