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Direct linkJiang, Nan; Hou, Fengyun; Jiang, Xin – Modern Language Journal, 2020
In studying the relationship between word recognition and reading development, a distinction is made between analytic and holistic processing of words. These strategies are often assessed in a length effect in an alphabetic language or in a stroke-number effect in a logographic language. Analytical processing is associated with a robust length or…
Descriptors: Word Recognition, Reading Processes, Holistic Approach, Reading Strategies
Rassaei, Ehsan – Modern Language Journal, 2020
The present study investigated the effects of 2 forms of text-based second language (L2) vocabulary glosses, namely dynamic and nondynamic glosses on EFL learners' vocabulary knowledge. Dynamic glosses were operationalized as a set of incrementally ordered mediating annotations designed to help learners identify the correct word definition while…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning
M. Stratton, James – Modern Language Journal, 2022
Although English and German are both Germanic languages, due to various historical changes, many of their cognates are no longer easily recognizable. This study examined whether knowledge of language history can be beneficial to learners when learning English-German cognates. Thirty-five English-speaking second language (L2) learners of…
Descriptors: Incidental Learning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, German
Uchihara, Takumi; Webb, Stuart; Saito, Kazuya; Trofimovich, Pavel – Modern Language Journal, 2022
This study examined how mode of input affects the learning of pronunciation and form-meaning connection of second language (L2) words. Seventy-five Japanese learners of English were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 conditions (reading while listening, reading only, listening only), studied 40 low-frequency words while viewing their corresponding…
Descriptors: Linguistic Input, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Maxim, Hiram H. – Modern Language Journal, 2006
One of the characteristics of the well-documented bifurcation in collegiate foreign language (FL) instruction is the difficult transition from lower- to upper-level instruction. Particularly pronounced are the expectations placed on readers at the upper level. No longer engaged in surface readings and sentence-level exercises that stay focused on…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Word Processing, Abstract Reasoning, Figurative Language
Peer reviewedBernhardt, Elizabeth Buchter – Modern Language Journal, 1984
Discusses contemporary theory on the comprehension process in first language reading research and psychology. Examines beliefs, materials, and classroom behaviors which have been under recent discussion and applies the theory of comprehension--that comprehension is the process of relating incoming or new information to information already stored…
Descriptors: Language Processing, Material Development, Reading Comprehension, Reading Processes
