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Heidari, Kamal – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2019
The issue of moving vocabulary knowledge from receptive to productive mode is among the most important but less studied strands of second or foreign language learning. The present study served as an attempt to shed light on this issue by taking into account the trait of willingness to communicate as an indicator of learners' capability in…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Individual Differences, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Ferguson, Charles A.; Macken, Marlys A. – 1980
Sound play is important to child language development in that it contributes to the phonetic substrate, it is a factor in phonological development, and it is something to be learned as part of the socially acceptable use of language. Sound play progresses in three stages: (1) babbling, in which a gradual acquisition of phonetic units is built up…
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Creative Thinking