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Direct linkKim, Young-Suk Grace; Petscher, Yaacov; Treiman, Rebecca; Kelcey, Benjamin – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2021
To expand our understanding of script-general and script-specific principles in the learning of letter names, we examined how three characteristics of alphabet letters -- their frequency in printed materials, order in the alphabet, and visual similarity to other letters -- relate to children's letter-name knowledge in four languages with three…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Orthographic Symbols, Written Language, Printed Materials
Download full textFreschi, Ana; Cavalari, Suzi – TESL Canada Journal, 2020
Teletandem (Telles, 2009) is a model of telecollaboration in which pairs of foreign language students from different countries meet regularly and virtually to learn each other's languages. Within this context, participants are expected to help their partners learn by providing feedback. The multimodal nature of this type of environment, however,…
Descriptors: Error Correction, Feedback (Response), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
de Lima Zanella, Marisa – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
This paper reports a study on politeness strategies of Brazilian Portuguese speakers and American English speakers regarding their responses to compliments. The aim of this research is to gain an insight into the politeness characteristics of Brazilian Portuguese speakers by analyzing how Brazilian students react when receiving compliments. It…
Descriptors: Portuguese, Contrastive Linguistics, North American English, Language Variation
Zakir, Maisa A.; Funo, Ludmila B. A.; Telles, João A. – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2016
Teletandem is a telecollaborative learning context that involves pairs of native (or competent) speakers of different languages interacting through voice, text and webcam image. Using Skype, each participant plays the role of learner for half an hour, speaking and practising the language of his/her partner. This paper focuses on a teletandem…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, North Americans
Miranda, Monica Carolina; Sinnes, Elaine Girao; Pompeia, Sabine; Bueno, Orlando Francisco Amodeo – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2008
Objective: The present study investigated the performance of Brazilian children in the Continuous Performance Test, CPT-II, and compared results to those of the norms obtained in the United States. Method: The U.S. norms were compared to those of a Brazilian sample composed of 6- to 11-year-olds separated into 4 age-groups (half boys) that…
Descriptors: Performance Tests, Attention Deficit Disorders, Program Effectiveness, Norms
