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Direct linkJackson, Carrie N. – Modern Language Journal, 2007
This article presents findings from a year-long study of how intermediate second language (L2) learners of German (English first language) used case markings, word order, and semantic information when comprehending individual German sentences. The results showed that the learners relied on word order and semantic information, but did not…
Descriptors: Semantics, Grammar, Word Order, Sentences
Hammerly, Hector – IRAL, 1984
Fifty-seven teachers of French participated in an experiment which questioned to what extent filmstrips can be understood in terms of the specific language they try to convey. Results indicated that filmstrips can convey ideas that are situationally obvious, but they are largely unreliable as means of conveying specific language. (SL)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Bilingualism, Comprehension, Cultural Context
Download full textRott, Susanne – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2005
Using a think-aloud procedure this study explored why certain vocabulary interventions are more facilitative for word learning than others. Second Language (L2) readers' "quality" and "quantity" (Hulstijn, 2001) of word processing strategies were recorded to determine the effect on (a) establishing and (b) strengthening lexical…
Descriptors: Semantics, Motivation, Word Processing, Reading Strategies
Dethloff, Uwe – Etudes de Linguistique Appliquee, 1980
Defines the approach of textlinguistics to the study of TV messages' comprehension, starting from the basic criterion that comprehension depends on the global semantic structure of the message and on the situational context of the communicants. On this basis the potential of television as a tool for language instruction is discussed. (MES)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Content Analysis, Context Clues, Descriptive Linguistics
Peer reviewedBoers, Frank; Demecheleer, Murielle – ELT Journal, 1998
Prepositions have different but related senses. In cognitive semantics, figurative senses are extended from spatial senses through conceptual metaphors. Pedagogically, it is useful to draw learners' attention to those aspects of a preposition's spatial sense that are especially relevant for its metaphorization. Ways in which cognitive semantic…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comprehension, Educational Strategies, English (Second Language)
Rameh, Clea, Ed. – 1976
These proceedings of the 1976 Georgetown Round Table are divided into four sections that deal with: (1) synchronic and diachronic aspects of semantics; (2) semantics and linguistics; (3) semantics and other disciplines; and (4) semantics and teaching methods. More specifically the papers treat: the semantic interpretation of anaphoric expressions;…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Communicative Competence (Languages), Comprehension, Diachronic Linguistics
