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Yang, Luxin; Zhang, Ling – Language Teaching Research, 2010
This study examined the effectiveness of reformulation and model text in a three-stage writing task (composing-comparison-revising) in an EFL writing class in a Beijing university. The study documented 10 university students' writing performance from the composing (Stage 1) and comparing (Stage 2, where students compare their own text to a…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Linguistic Input, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Janse, Esther – Brain and Language, 2008
Two studies were carried out to investigate the effects of presentation of primes showing partial (word-initial) or full overlap on processing of spoken target words. The first study investigated whether time compression would interfere with lexical processing so as to elicit aphasic-like performance in non-brain-damaged subjects. The second study…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Patients, Program Effectiveness, Brain
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Cubillos, Jorge H.; Chieffo, Lisa; Fan, Chunbo – Foreign Language Annals, 2008
This study investigates the impact of a five-week intermediate Spanish course on the listening comprehension ability of 48 participants in short-term study abroad programs, and compares these groups with 92 peers enrolled in a similar course on the home campus. While both on-campus and study abroad groups experienced similar gains in listening…
Descriptors: Spanish, On Campus Students, Listening Comprehension, Program Effectiveness
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Helland, Turid; Asbjornsen, Arve E.; Hushovd, Aud Ellen; Hugdahl, Kenneth – Dyslexia, 2008
This study focused on the relationship between school performance and performance on a dichotic listening (DL) task in dyslexic children. Dyslexia is associated with impaired phonological processing, related to functions in the left temporal lobe. DL is a frequently used task to assess functions of the left temporal lobe. Due to the predominance…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Dyslexia, Program Effectiveness, Human Body