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An Experimental Approach to Language Training in Second Language Acquisition: Focus on Negation.

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Madrid, Dennis; Torres, Irene – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1986

The effects of negation training in a second language on the expression of negation in the native language was investigated with 4-year olds from bilingual (Spanish/English) homes indicating the need to consider the relationship of the two language training conditions (simultaneous vs. independent) with the child's level of native language…

Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Language Acquisition, Language Skills, Limited English Speaking

The Relationship between Pronunciation and Listening Discrimination When Japanese Natives Are Learning English.

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Shimamune, Satoru; Smith, Stacey L. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1995

Two Japanese undergraduate students were taught to pronounce and discriminate English words containing unfamiliar phonemic contrasts. Teaching pronunciation was found to be easier than teaching listening discrimination. Teaching listening discrimination resulted in collateral improvement in pronunciation, and, to a lesser extent, vice versa.…

Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, College Students, English (Second Language), Higher Education