Caregivers of 608 (331 boys and 277 girls) children in Shanghai, China reported on their children's language development and on the language teaching practices used in the home. The children were between 24 and 47 months old. The relation of age-corrected language level to paternal education, child gender, and teaching practice use was examined.…

This study examined vocabulary acquisition of elementary students in grades kindergarten through fifth in one rural New Mexico school. The school had 277 students. Hispanic students comprised nearly 80% of the student body. All students received free lunch and breakfast. The 65 students who participated in the study were assessed using the…

Since Sinclair (1991) concretized the possibilities of processing and analyzing large quantities of text data through corpus linguistic techniques, the applications of corpus linguistic approaches employing authentic language data and empirical evidence have been widely accepted in language teaching and research. As the applications of corpus…

A number of universities offer fully web-based language courses. Many others are considering this option. Yet it remains unclear whether web-based courses can be as comprehensively effective as classroom-based courses. And, if so, what might an effective web-based language course look like? This dissertation considers the German Online at PSU…

Being able to use other languages is an essential tool for the modern world. While the image of the world as "a global village" is indeed popular, it does not always correspond to reality. A village would tend to be relatively homogeneous in terms of culture and language. Surely, this monocultural, monolingual picture does not reflect the…

Describes a teaching technique for developing the vocabulary of students in high school reading classes. (RB)

This textbook is a French reader containing translations of the principal words, a progressive development of the forms of the verb, designations of the use of prepositions and particles, and idioms. The design of this book is to interest the pupil in the task of acquiring a vocabulary by short historical anecdotes. The stories, although selected…

THE PROCESSES OF THOUGHT, OF CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT, AND OF VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT ARE SIGNIFICANTLY INTERRELATED. COMMUNICATION OF IDEAS DEPENDS UPON THE ABILITY TO ASSOCIATE WRITTEN AND VERBAL SYMBOLS WITH THE REFERENTS THROUGH A SYSTEMATIC PROCESS OF REORGANIZING AND INTEGRATING OLD AND NEW CONCEPTS. THE ABILITY TO ASSOCIATE, IN TURN, DEPENDS UPON…

The effects of intensive vocabulary instruction on students' use of taught words in their writing and on the quality of their writing was investigated. Results indicated that students who received instruction learned more of the words, used them more frequently in their writing, and their writing was of higher quality. (Author/JD)

The article describes a developmental program designed to improve the writing skills of gifted children. Writing activities in poetry, vocabulary, fiction, and research skills emphasize exposure, analysis, and opportunities for expression. Content adjustments as well as higher level cognitive processes and social and affective consequences are…

Discusses the need to strengthen vocabulary teaching in second language instruction. Describes a methodology based on the model of lexicon proposed by structural semantics, and illustrates this methodology with exercises in French and Italian. (EKN)

Traces etymological sources of English words to their Latin origins. (RL)

The author argues that psychological concepts should not be discarded but rather they be made experiential so that they can be described in common sense language. This might be achieved if psychology professors talked with less effect and more purpose. (Author)