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Fung, Loretta; Carter, Ronald – Applied Linguistics, 2007
This study examines and compares the production of discourse markers by native speakers and learners of English based on a pedagogic sub-corpus from CANCODE, a corpus of spoken British English, and a corpus of interactive classroom discourse of secondary pupils in Hong Kong. The results indicate that in both groups discourse markers serve as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Native Speakers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Kabasakalian, Rita – Teachers College Record, 2007
Background/Context: The theoretical framework of the paper comes from research on problem solving, considered by many to be the essence of mathematics; research on the importance of oral language in learning mathematics; and on the importance of the teacher as the primary instrument of learning mathematics for most students. As a nation, we are…
Descriptors: Group Discussion, Oral Language, Problem Solving, Word Problems (Mathematics)
Seeman, Elissa – Online Submission, 2008
The purpose of this study was to examine the short-term effects of a music education intervention on the receptive language skills of students in an at-risk early childhood program. The target population was nine students ages 3, 4, and 5 in an at-risk, inclusive classroom in a Chicago public school. The problem of language delay is indicated in…
Descriptors: Music Education, Intervention, Music Activities, Delayed Speech
Weiss, Amy L., Ed. – Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2009
This volume examines the ramifications of individual differences in therapy outcomes for a wide variety of communication disorders. In an era where evidence-based practice is the clinical profession's watchword, each chapter attacks this highly relevant issue from a somewhat different perspective. In some areas of communication disorders,…
Descriptors: Intervention, Stuttering, Autism, Oral Language
Gottardo, Alexandra; Chiappe, Penny; Yan, Bernice; Siegel, Linda; Gu, Yan – Educational Psychology, 2006
The relationships between phoneme categorisation, phonological processing, and reading performance were examined in Chinese-English speaking children in an English-speaking environment. Second language (L2, i.e., English) phonological processing but not phoneme categorisation was related to L2 reading. First language (L1) oral language skills were…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Phonemes, Language Skills, Oral Language
Nakatani, Yasuo – Modern Language Journal, 2006
This study focuses on how valid information about learner perception of strategy use during communicative tasks can be gathered systematically from English as a foreign language (EFL) learners. First, the study attempted to develop a questionnaire for statistical analysis, named the Oral Communication Strategy Inventory (OCSI). The research…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Factor Analysis, Communication Strategies, English (Second Language)
Titterington, Jill; Henry, Alison; Kramer, Martin; Toner, Joe G.; Stevenson, Mike – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2006
In this study the influence of prosodic foot structure on the processing of weak syllables in children with cochlear implants (CI) was investigated. A battery of tests investigating processing of weak syllables in single and multiword utterances was carried out on four groups of children: 15 children with CI developing spoken language as expected…
Descriptors: Speech, Oral Language, Deafness, Assistive Technology
Ties between the Lexicon and Grammar: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Studies of Bilingual Toddlers
Conboy, Barbara T.; Thal, Donna J. – Child Development, 2006
Studies using the English and Spanish MacArthur Communicative Development Inventories demonstrated that the grammatical abilities of 20--30-month-old bilingual children were related more strongly to same-language vocabulary development than to broader lexical-conceptual development or maturation. First, proportions of different word types in each…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Bilingualism, Vocabulary Development, Children
Rispens, Judith E.; Been, Pieter H.; Zwarts, Frans – Dyslexia, 2006
This study investigates the presence and latency of the P600 component in response to subject-verb agreement violations in spoken language in people with and without developmental dyslexia. The two groups performed at-ceiling level on judging the sentences on their grammaticality, but the ERP data revealed subtle differences between them. The P600…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Sentences, Speech, Verbs
Runge, Timothy J.; Watkins, Marley W. – School Psychology Review, 2006
Phonological awareness, an understanding that spoken language is comprised of individual sounds, is an important construct that has implications for educational assessment and intervention. Unfortunately, the relationship between phonological awareness and its many operationalizations is ambiguous, resulting in both theoretical and practical…
Descriptors: Speech, Phonemes, Beginning Reading, Educational Assessment
Academic Talk in American University Classrooms: Crossing the Boundaries of Oral-Literate Discourse?
Csomay, Eniko – Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 2006
"Is academic speech "more like" casual conversation or academic writing?" [Swales, J. (2001). "Metatalk in American academic talk. The cases of 'point' and 'thing'." "Journal of English Language," 29(1), p. 37]. Taking a corpus-based perspective to the analysis, this study compares the language of university classroom talk to academic prose and…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Academic Discourse, Classroom Communication, Higher Education
Sims, Christine P. – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2006
In the American southwest, Pueblo Indian tribes have managed to retain their languages and cultures far longer than many American Indian tribes who have suffered complete language loss as a result of historical oppression, displacement and annihilation. In more recent times, however, Pueblo Indian tribes have faced tremendous pressures to abandon…
Descriptors: Language Skill Attrition, Language Maintenance, Language Planning, American Indians
Dillon, Caitlin M.; Pisoni, David B. – Volta Review, 2006
Reading skills in hearing children are closely related to their phonological processing skills, often measured using a nonword repetition task in which a child relies on abstract phonological representations in order to decompose, encode, rehearse in working memory and reproduce novel phonological patterns. In the present study of children who are…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Deafness, Children, Assistive Technology
Bada, Erdogan; Genc, Bilal – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2007
The study of SLA began around the beginning of the 70s with the emergence of both theoretical and empirical studies. Undoubtedly, the acquisition of tense/aspect, besides other topics, has attracted much interest from researchers. This study investigated the use of telic and atelic verb forms in the oral production of Turkish speakers of English…
Descriptors: Verbs, Morphemes, Second Language Learning, Language Research
Dawe, Susan, Ed. – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2007
This book of research readings provides clear evidence that adult prisoners and offenders who participate in vocational education and training (VET) during their sentence are less likely to re-offend. A reduction in recidivism represents significant cost savings to the community. The book highlights recent improvements in the delivery of VET for…
Descriptors: Recidivism, Indigenous Populations, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions