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Katarzyna Gajda – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2024
The integration of mobile technology in language education represents notable progress, providing a versatile tool for learners of different ages to acquire a language. The poster will focus on research evaluating the efficacy of the Duolingo mobile app in augmenting Russian language proficiency for A1 and B1 level students at the University of…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Computer Software, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Schnoor, Birger; Hartig, Johannes; Klinger, Thorsten; Naumann, Alexander; Usanova, Irina – Language Testing, 2023
Research on assessing English as a foreign language (EFL) development has been growing recently. However, empirical evidence from longitudinal analyses based on substantial samples is still needed. In such settings, tests for measuring language development must meet high standards of test quality such as validity, reliability, and objectivity, as…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Longitudinal Studies
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Ruhl, Nadja; Polkina, Darya; Gorobets, Elena; Ozbic, Martina; Marini, Andrea – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
This study focuses on the assessment of working memory and linguistic skills in 21 Italian-Russian speaking bilingual children who were born in Italy and inherited Russian from their parents. Their performance was compared to that of 21 monolingual Russian-speaking and 21 monolingual Italian-speaking peers. For the assessment of the two languages…
Descriptors: Heritage Education, Russian, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Kupersmitt, Judy R.; Armon-Lotem, Sharon – First Language, 2019
The present study examines the linguistic expression of causal relations between the motion events within the main episode in a picture-based narrative. One hundred and fifty children aged 5-7 were asked to narrate a story based on a series of pictures: 45 Hebrew monolinguals (19 with Developmental Language Disorders [DLD]), 57 English-Hebrew…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Pictorial Stimuli, Semitic Languages, Monolingualism
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Silven, Maarit; Rubinov, Evgenia – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2010
Language proficiency before school entry has proven to be a powerful predictor of literacy development. This longitudinal study examined how simultaneous exposure to two richly inflected languages from birth contributes to the development of language-related literacy precursors at preschool age compared to peers exposed to one language. The…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Monolingualism, Preschool Children, Language Proficiency