The Effect of Modified Input on the Acquisition of Vocabulary in Science by a Newly Arrived Bilingual Student in a Secondary School.

Fouzder, Nani B.

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ERIC Number: EJ553162

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Publication Date: 1997

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The Effect of Modified Input on the Acquisition of Vocabulary in Science by a Newly Arrived Bilingual Student in a Secondary School.

Fouzder, Nani B.

Multicultural Teaching, v15 n3 p23-24,27 Sum 1997

Studies the effect of specific teacher input, modified for comprehension, on the acquisition of science vocabulary by a recent immigrant, a 12-year old newly arrived at an English secondary school. Comprehensible input played an important part in the acquisition of this student's science vocabulary. (SLD)

Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Science Education, Sciences, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)

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