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Ruiz-Felter, Roxanna; Cooperson, Solaman J.; Bedore, Lisa M.; Peña, Elizabeth D. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2016
Background: Although some investigations of phonological development have found that segmental accuracy is comparable in monolingual children and their bilingual peers, there is evidence that language use affects segmental accuracy in both languages. Aims: To investigate the influence of age of first exposure to English and the amount of current…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Kindergarten, Young Children, Bilingual Students
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O'Toole, Ciara; Gatt, Daniela; Hickey, Tina M.; Miekisz, Aneta; Haman, Ewa; Armon-Lotem, Sharon; Rinker, Tanja; Ohana, Odelya; dos Santos, Christophe; Kern, Sophie – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2017
This paper compared the vocabulary size of a group of 250 bilinguals aged 24-36 months acquiring six different language pairs using an analogous tool, and attempted to identify factors that influence vocabulary sizes and ultimately place children at risk for language delay. Each research group used adaptations of the MacArthur-Bates Communicative…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Mothers, Educational Attainment, Questionnaires
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Simon, Ellen; D'Hulster, Tijs – Language Sciences, 2012
This study examines the effect of second language experience on the acquisition of the English vowel contrast /epsilon/-/ae/ by native speakers of Dutch. It reports on the results of production and perception tasks performed by three groups of native Dutch learners of English in Belgium, differing in experience with English, as measured through…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Vowels, Foreign Countries, Native Speakers
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Parra, Marisol; Hoff, Erika; Core, Cynthia – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2011
The relation of phonological memory to language experience and development was investigated in 41 Spanish-English bilingual first language learners. The children's relative exposure to English and Spanish and their phonological memory for English- and Spanish-like nonwords were assessed at 22 months of age, and their productive vocabulary and…
Descriptors: Phonology, Memory, Language Enrichment, Language Acquisition
Oh, Grace Eunhae – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The current dissertation investigated segmental and prosodic aspects of first- (L1) and second-language (L2) speech production. Forty Korean-speaking adults and children varying in L2 experience (6 months-inexperienced vs. 6 years-experienced) as well as twenty age-matched native English speaking adults and children participated. Experienced…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Interaction, Speech, Vowels
Chang, Charles Bond – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Despite abundant evidence of malleability in speech production, previous studies of the effects of late second-language learning on first-language production have been limited to advanced learners. This dissertation examines these effects in novice learners, finding that experience in a second language rapidly, and possibly inexorably, affects…
Descriptors: Phonetics, Second Language Learning, Speech, Korean
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Mitsui, Akiko; Donato, Richard; Tucker, G. Richard – Learning Languages, 2007
During the summer of 2005, a longtime Japanese teacher at a K-8 school in southwestern Pennsylvania unexpectedly resigned. The school, unable to recruit a new teacher for the 2005-2006 school year, chose to suspend the teaching of Japanese and to establish a committee to examine the foreign language program within the overall school curriculum. In…
Descriptors: Cultural Activities, Second Languages, Second Language Learning, Grade 4
Carballo Picazo, Alfredo – Yelmo, 1973
Fifth lesson for a student learning Spanish. (SK)
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Acquisition, Language Enrichment, Language Instruction
Dobson, Julia – Yelmo, 1973
First part of an article to be continued. (SK)
Descriptors: Dialogs (Literary), Grammar, Language Acquisition, Language Enrichment
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O'Donnell, William R. – Journal of Applied Linguistics, 1986
The concepts of language acquisition and interlanguage as they relate to second language teaching methods are discussed. The aim of such teaching should be error-free communicative competence. Formal teaching is not enough to ensure a high level of proficiency. (CB)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Interlanguage, Language Acquisition, Language Enrichment
Brooks, Charlotte – Instructor, 1972
Concerned with the student that uses the non-standard language of his family and friends, and suggests ways and techniques the teacher can use to teach language to these students. (RB)
Descriptors: English Education, Language Acquisition, Language Arts, Language Enrichment
Fresno City Unified School District, CA. – 1966
This document discusses, briefly, the importance of preschool language learning and how such learning can be facilitated. In the main, the document sets out three lists for teachers concerning language instruction to preschoolers. List one presents the "age of articulatory efficiency of 23 consonant sounds." Five ages, from 3 to 7 …
Descriptors: Consonants, Distinctive Features (Language), Language Acquisition, Language Enrichment
Mansoor, Menahem; And Others – 1971
This is the first part of a two-part set of textbooks containing readings from the modern Hebrew Israeli press. The readings are intended for students who possess a knowledge of the basic vocabulary and elements of modern Hebrew structure. Less attention is devoted to the problems of grammar and more to matters of vocabulary, idiomatic expression,…
Descriptors: Hebrew, Instructional Materials, Language Acquisition, Language Enrichment
DeNunzio, Vincent – 1967
This manual presents lesson plans for a second year course in spoken English for Navahos, based upon one hour of instruction five days a week. It contains a review of troublesome sounds, conversational dialogues, and work with the grammatical structure of spoken English. Actual conversational situations are used to teach the speaking patterns…
Descriptors: Cultural Enrichment, English, English (Second Language), Instructional Materials
DeNunzio, Vincent – 1967
This manual presents lesson plans for a first year course in spoken English for Navahos, based on one hour of instruction five days a week. A sample lesson is presented for illustration. The instruction outlined for each week is so structured as to provide a maximum number of exposures to a given sound. In view of this, it is suggested that the…
Descriptors: Cultural Enrichment, English, English (Second Language), Instructional Materials
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