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Wu, Shuang; Quentin Dixon, L.; Sun, Haitao; Zhang, Peng – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2021
This study examines the relationship between developing writer's vocabulary breadth, vocabulary depth, and writing abilities. Participants were EFL Chinese junior-high students, of whom there were 120 Grade 8 and 147 Grade 9 students. Measures included tests of vocabulary size, word association, and morphological awareness. Students' writing…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Expressive Language, Receptive Language, English (Second Language)
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Nontasee, Worakrit; Sukying, Apisak – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2021
This study investigated the learnability of multiple word knowledge aspects and the relationship between the word knowledge aspects. A total of 261 Thai high school students were measured on receptive and productive word knowledge aspects: word parts, the form-meaning link, and collocations. The current findings indicated that word parts are…
Descriptors: Correlation, High School Students, Vocabulary Development, Semantics
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Towson, Jacqueline; Canty, Meredith; Schwartz, Jamie; Barden, Sejal; Sims, Tianna – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2020
Research regarding specific strategies adolescent mothers (AMs) may utilize to facilitate early language and emergent literacy skills in their children is lacking. This exploratory study investigated AMs' perceived use of preselected common language and emergent literacy strategies and correlated their use of these strategies to their children's…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Mothers, Early Parenthood, Emergent Literacy
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Sundqvist, Pia – Language Learning & Technology, 2019
The purposes of this study are to examine the relation between playing commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) games in the wild and L2 English vocabulary and to offer comparisons with non-gamers' vocabulary. Data were collected from two samples of teenage L2 English learners in Sweden, Sample A (N = 1,069) and Sample B (N = 16). Questionnaires and…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Quinn, Emily D.; Cook, Alexandria; Wiedrick, Jack; Rowland, Charity – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2021
Purpose: The goal of this study was to investigate the initial feasibility of the Communication Matrix Professional Development Program (CMPDP), an online program created to help educational professionals teaching students with complex communication needs. Method: A one-group pretest-posttest design was employed with 102 educational professionals…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel, Individualized Education Programs
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Dang, Trang Thi Doan; Nguyen, Huong Thu – English Language Teaching, 2013
Two approaches to grammar instruction are often discussed in the ESL literature: direct explicit grammar instruction (DEGI) (deduction) and indirect explicit grammar instruction (IEGI) (induction). This study aims to explore the effects of indirect explicit grammar instruction on EFL learners' mastery of English tenses. Ninety-four…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Grammar, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
McClain-Pace, Erin Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Interest in students who exhibit characteristics with difficulties in learning can be traced as far back as 1800. In order to better understand the complexities and causes of learning disabilities, many researchers (Bannatyne, 1968, 1974; Rugal, 1974) have investigated ways to better identify learners who struggle with academics. A strong argument…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Ability, Comprehension, Long Term Memory