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Beatriz González-Fernández – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2025
Second language acquisition (SLA) researchers have long searched for patterning in the development of linguistic elements (e.g., grammar and morphology). However, little attention has been given to the examination of systematicity in vocabulary acquisition, limiting our understanding about how overall vocabulary is learnt. The current study…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Language Acquisition, Sequential Learning, Written Language
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Jorge Villavicencio Reinoso – rEFLections, 2023
To date, there has been mounting research evidence on the impact of written corrective feedback. In response to this, reviews have been conducted to condense either findings or methodologies through the combined analysis of EFL and ESL studies. Although syntheses shed light on the topic, no one provides exclusive insights into EFL realities.…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Bantis, Alexandros – CATESOL Journal, 2010
The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of task-based writing instruction, a communicative language-teaching method, on second language acquisition and differentiation of instruction for English language learners during the independent work time instructional component of the Open Court Reading program. Through student-teacher…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods, Second Language Instruction, English Language Learners
Kelly, Patricia R.; And Others – 1995
This report summarizes the results of three studies concerning the Reading Recovery or Descubriendo la Lectura program with first-grade California students. Studies were conducted using state-wide data obtained during 1993-94 programs to determine if the program was an effective intervention for children with difficulty in learning to read. The…
Descriptors: Child Language, Elementary Education, English, Grade 1
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Sykes, Julie M. – CALICO Journal, 2005
This study systematically examines the strength of the connection between synchronous CMC and pragmatic instruction by measuring the effects of three types of synchronous group discussion (written chat [WC], oral chat [OC], and traditional face-to-face [FF] discussion) on the acquisition of the speech act (refusals of an invitation) in the target…
Descriptors: Speech Acts, Group Discussion, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Akamatsu, Nobuhiko – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 1998
Provides background information on Japanese writing system and how most Japanese learn to read Japanese at school, discusses history and practice of typical English-language education in Japan, presents review of recent research on word recognition and the effects of first-language reading on English-as-a-Second/Foreign Language (ESL/EFL), and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Bird, Norman, Ed.; And Others – 1994
Papers from a 1993 International Conference on Language in Education include: "A Language Development Approach to Education" (M. A. K. Halliday); Text, Talk, and Inquiry: Schooling as a Semiotic Apprenticeship" (G. Wells); "Chinese Orthography and Reading" (O. J. L. Tzeng); "Task-Centred Assessment in Language…
Descriptors: Chinese, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Educational Strategies
Malave, Lilliam M., Ed.; Duquette, Georges, Ed. – 1991
Papers on language processing, culture, and language learning and teaching include: "A Theory of Intelligence as Semiosis: With a Couple of Comments on Interlanguage Development" (John W. Oller, Jr.); "Along the Way: Interlanguage Systems in Second Language Acquisition" (Larry Selinker); "Strategy and Tactics in Second Language Acquisition"…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingualism, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Processes