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Graham Francis Burton; Maria Cristina Gatti – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2024
The increasing use of English in higher education around the world has prompted a large amount of research into the causes, effects and perceptions of this phenomenon, particularly relating to the introduction of English-medium instruction. While most previous research has focussed on institutions that have effectively 'added' English to existing…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language of Instruction, Universities
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Daniil Gnetov; Victor Kuperman – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2024
Research on first language (L1) reading has long since established the link between the proficiency of the reader and their efficiency in oculomotor control. More proficient readers make longer saccades and land closer to the word's center, which is a word's optimal viewing position, and make fewer refixations. Eye-tracking studies of second…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Eye Movements, Psychomotor Skills, Second Languages
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Tetyana Sydorenko; Mónica S. Cárdenas-Claros; Elizabeth Huntley; Maribel Montero Perez – Language Learning & Technology, 2024
A substantial body of research shows that various types of audiovisual (AV) input such as videos and videos with second language (L2) subtitles can facilitate language learning. However, language teachers' day-to-day practices with regard to multimodal input is less understood. To bridge the gap in language education, this study investigates…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Teacher Attitudes, Video Technology, Second Language Learning
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Pisanti, Renato; Soraci, Paolo; Schwarzer, Ralf – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2023
The present study aimed to adapt the Teacher Self-Efficacy Scale (TSES) developed by Schwarzer et al. (1999) into Italian and to test its validity and reliability. In a group of teachers (N = 683; 83% female), the factor structure (Confirmatory Factor Analyses), construct validity (latent relations with burnout variables), measurement invariance…
Descriptors: Italian, Foreign Countries, Test Construction, Self Efficacy
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Pintus, Andrea; Bertolini, Chiara; Scipione, Lucia; Antonietti, Maja – International Journal of Educational Management, 2021
Purpose: This study investigates the construct validity and reliability of the Italian version of the Teachers' Self-Efficacy Scale (TSES) developed by Tschannen-Moran and Hoy (2001) and contributes to existing research aimed at exploring the elements and variables that influence teachers' self-efficacy levels. Design/methodology/approach: The…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Test Reliability, Italian, Test Construction
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Sabina Sestigiani; Ekaterina Pechenkina – College Teaching, 2024
This qualitative study explores challenges and benefits of introducing theater techniques into Higher Education (HE) undergraduate intermediate Italian language classrooms. Drawing on student surveys and reflective essays, the study offers original insights into how collaborative, performance-based activities can result in greater student…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Theater Arts
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Mariolina Pais Marden; Jan Herrington – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2024
Providing foreign language students with opportunities to engage in meaningful and purposeful communication and culturally authentic interaction with peers and native speakers is critical to successful second language acquisition and the development of intercultural competence . This paper describes research that investigated how selected native…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Italian, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Native Speakers
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Adelson, Leah; Keen, Géraldine Simonnet – Journal of Educators Online, 2023
The abrupt transition from face-to-face (F2F) to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic impacted students' learning experiences in many ways. This survey-based study investigated the perceptions of 117 university students enrolled in beginner, intermediate, and advanced foreign language courses (French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish) of their…
Descriptors: In Person Learning, Electronic Learning, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Peter Hendrix; Ching Chu Sun; Henry Brighton; Andreas Bender – Cognitive Science, 2023
Previous studies provided evidence for a connection between language processing and language change. We add to these studies with an exploration of the influence of lexical-distributional properties of words in orthographic space, semantic space, and the mapping between orthographic and semantic space on the probability of lexical extinction.…
Descriptors: Language Processing, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Maintenance
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Fawcett, Christine – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2022
From early in life, infants synchronize with others on a physiological level, a process thought to underlie social connections and group cohesion. This synchronization is seen, for example, when their pupils dilate in response to observing another person with dilated pupils -- known as "pupillary contagion." There is mixed evidence on…
Descriptors: Infants, Physiology, Interpersonal Relationship, Eye Movements
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Mornati, Giulia; Riva, Valentina; Vismara, Elena; Molteni, Massimo; Cantiani, Chiara – Journal of Child Language, 2022
We investigated online early comprehension in Italian children aged 12 and 20 months, focusing on the role of morphosyntactic features (i.e., gender) carried by determiners in facilitating comprehension and anticipating upcoming words. A naturalistic eye-tracking procedure was employed, recording looking behaviours during a classical…
Descriptors: Infants, Eye Movements, Morphology (Languages), Italian
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Tomasuolo, Elena; Roccaforte, Maria; Di Fabio, Andrea – Applied Linguistics, 2019
The aim of this study was to investigate, using an eye-tracking tool, the processes behind the exploration of written texts performed by deaf people with different language skills and different educational backgrounds. Our sample comprised 36 deaf participants (12 of whom use Italian sign language most of the time, 12 who use Italian only, and 12…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Deafness, Italian, Sign Language
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Nadja Thoma; Verena Platzgummer – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2023
Linguistic minority spaces tend to have a long history of language-ideological struggles that are often fought on the terrain of education, which is further complexified in the light of more recent migration. The northernmost Italian province of South Tyrol is such a space, in which German-language preschools are increasingly attended by children…
Descriptors: German, Italian, Early Childhood Education, Child Care Centers
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Geiss, Miriam; Gumbsheimer, Sonja; Lloyd-Smith, Anika; Schmid, Svenja; Kupisch, Tanja – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2022
This study brings together two previously largely independent fields of multilingual language acquisition: heritage language and third language (L3) acquisition. We investigate the production of fortis and lenis stops in semi-naturalistic speech in the three languages of 20 heritage speakers (HSs) of Italian with German as a majority language and…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, German, Italian, English (Second Language)
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Gabbatore, Ilaria; Dindar, Katja; Pirinen, Veera; Vähänikkilä, Hannu; Mämmelä, Laura; Kotila, Aija; Bosco, Francesca M.; Leinonen, Eeva; Loukusa, Soile – First Language, 2023
Effective communication is a fundamental aspect of children's daily living, enabling interaction with adults and peers. A rich literature suggests that communicative abilities develop with age, while little is known about cross-cultural differences and similarities. This study presents a comparison of the communicative performance of Finnish (n =…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Communication Skills
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