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Bilingual and Monolingual Children's Use of Two Lexical Acquisition Heuristics.
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Merriman, William E.; Kutlesic, Vesna – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1993
In this study, 36 Serbian/English bilinguals and 42 English monolinguals (aged 5-8 years) received a successive name training assessment of 2heuristics: criterial use of highlighted features and preservation of mutual exclusivity. Results support the view that monolingual and bilingual acquisition fosters the development of different word learning…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Comparative Analysis, Heuristics, Language Proficiency
Narratives Validate Communicative Development Inventories.
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Eriksson, Marten – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2001
Explores the criterion-related validity of the Swedish version of the Communicative Development Inventories--Words & Sentences (SECDI-W&S). In two follow-up procedures, SECDI-W&S was used to assess vocabulary and grammar skills in 32 children. Overall results confirm that the criterion-related validity of the SECDI is sound. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Grammar, Language Tests, Personal Narratives
Relation of Cognitive Style to Metaphor Interpretation and Second Language Proficiency.
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Johnson, Janice; Rosano, Teresa – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1993
Administered tests of cognition, language, and metaphor interpretation to 3 groups of 15 students: native English speakers (NESs) and 2 groups of students in an English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) course. ESL students performed less well than NESs on decontextualized measures of vocabulary and verbal analogies but equally well on measures derived…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Students, English (Second Language), Higher Education