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Crosslinguistic Differences in the Encoding of Causality: Transitivity Preferences in English and Japanese Children and Adults
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Okuno, Akiko; Cameron-Faulkner, Thea R.; Theakston, Anna L. – Language Learning and Development, 2020
Languages differ in how they encode causal events, placing greater or lesser emphasis on the agent or patient of the action. Little is known about how these preferences emerge and the relative influence of cognitive biases and language-specific input at different stages in development. In these studies, we investigated the emergence of sentence…
Descriptors: Language Processing, Contrastive Linguistics, Preferences, Linguistic Input
Sentences. Literacy Progress Unit (Adapted for Whole Class Use). Key Stage 3: National Strategy.
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Department for Education and Skills, London (England). – 2001
Adapted for whole class use, this unit of study is aimed at helping children in England who have reached Level 3 in English at Key Stage 2 and who need further help with the skills of writing to enable them to achieve Level 4. It focuses on extending pupils' range and control of sentences in writing. The sessions include the proper use of…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Class Activities, Foreign Countries, Literacy
Sentences. Literacy Progress Unit (for Use with Small Groups). Key Stage 3: National Strategy.
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Department for Education and Skills, London (England). – 2001
Developed for use in small groups, this unit of study is aimed at helping children in England who have reached Level 3 in English at Key Stage 2 and who need further help with the skills of writing to enable them to achieve Level 4. It focuses on extending pupils' range and control of sentences in writing. The sessions include the proper use of…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Class Activities, Foreign Countries, Literacy