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Direct linkIshii, Tomoko – Language Teaching Research, 2015
It has been repeatedly argued among vocabulary researchers that semantically related words should not be taught simultaneously because they can interfere with each other. However, the question of what types of relatedness cause interference has rarely been examined carefully. In addition, there are disagreements among the past studies that have…
Descriptors: Semantics, Memory, Vocabulary Development, Interference (Language)
Peer reviewedFlaherty, Mary – American Annals of the Deaf, 2000
A study involving 16 Japanese young men (half with deafness) and 16 Irish young men (half with deafness) found that the Japanese men who were deaf outscored their English-language counterparts in memory for abstract design, due to prolonged use of a highly visual writing system. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Adults, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Deafness
Peer reviewedRobinson, Peter – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1997
Examines the extent to which Japanese learners of English as a Second Language acquired a rule regulating the argument structure frames of novel English verbs after exposure to grammatical examples of sentences containing the verbs. Results showed significant differences in the extent of learning, with the focus-on-form conditions outperforming…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Classroom Research, Cognitive Processes, College Students
