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Download full textLv, Lihui; Liu, Chunyan – English Language Teaching, 2022
This paper investigated how production task combined with teacher feedback (in the form of recasts) affects child second language development, and the effects of task complexity on their production performance. 92 child learners of English in three intact classes were assigned to three tasks of different complexity (simple, +complex, ++complex).…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Direct linkNamaziandost, Ehsan; Razmi, Mohammad Hasan; Heidari, Shadi; Tilwani, Shouket Ahmad – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2021
The present investigation aimed at studying emotional terms (ETs) in Persian and English bed-night stories for children by adopting a contrastive analysis approach within two phases. Emotional terms were categorized into two theoretical models (tokens and types) in phase one of the study, and in the second phase, the effect of teaching emotive…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Indo European Languages, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Kourtali, Nektaria-Efstathia; Révész, Andrea – Language Learning, 2020
This study investigated the effects of task complexity on child learners' second language (L2) gains, the relationship between aptitude and L2 development, and the extent to which task complexity influences this relationship when recasts are provided. Sixty child EFL learners were assigned to two experimental groups. During the treatment, one…
Descriptors: Language Aptitude, Second Language Learning, Comparative Analysis, Task Analysis
Peterson, Jean – 1985
A language camp program that began with a small group of 10- to 12-year-olds whose faculty parents wanted them to retain the German learned on sabbaticals abroad has developed into a program of annual week-long day and resident camps for 150 children, aged 9 to 14 years, learning German, French, Spanish, and Norwegian. The camp was originally…
Descriptors: Children, Costs, Day Camp Programs, Difficulty Level
Clachar, Arlene – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2006
The goal of the study was to compare the literacy challenges faced by children who speak nonstandard dialects of English and for whom Standard English is a "second dialect" with challenges faced by children for whom Standard English is a "second language." The study focused on the extent to which discourse patterns in the…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Programs
Smallwood, Betty Ansin – 1988
It is argued that despite a common assumption to the contrary, there is children's literature appropriate to students of English as a Second Language (ESL) aged 9-14. First, the unique needs and characteristics of the target population are examined. This population consists of limited-English-proficient speakers, usually immigrants or refugees…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Childrens Literature, Dialogs (Language)
