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Giovannone, Nikole; Theodore, Rachel M. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: The extant literature suggests that individual differences in speech perception can be linked to broad receptive language phenotype. For example, a recent study found that individuals with a smaller receptive vocabulary showed diminished lexically guided perceptual learning compared to individuals with a larger receptive vocabulary. Here,…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Genetics, Auditory Perception, Speech Communication
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Longobardi, Emiddia; Lonigro, Antonia; Laghi, Fiorenzo; O'Neill, Daniela K. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: Pragmatics is receiving much attention in both the fields of developmental and clinical psychology; however, there is a dearth of instruments to assess pragmatic abilities specifically among young toddler-age children. The aim of the current study was to test the psychometric properties of the Italian version of the Language Use Inventory…
Descriptors: Italian, Pragmatics, Toddlers, Psychometrics
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Nguyen, Huu Thanh Minh – International Journal of Language Testing, 2022
Combining Bachman's (1990) conceptualization of content validity with Messick's (1989) unifying model of construct validity, this study attempted to fill the gap in researching content validation in the context of a university reading achievement test by (a) examining traditional content validity evidence and (b) analyzing the test scores to…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Reading Tests, Achievement Tests, Majors (Students)
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Ko, HyunSook – English Teaching, 2022
The study investigates which grammar features need high priority of pedagogical intervention to develop implicit knowledge, unlike grammatical features in need of explanation of explicit rules. Two types of data were collected from 29 Korean college students: a sentence completion test in English and a meta-linguistic knowledge test (requiring…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Writing Instruction
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D'Angelo, Francesca; Sorace, Antonella – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
Previous and current research identify Metalinguistic Awareness (MLA) as a possible cause of the positive effects of bilingualism on cognitive development and Third Language Acquisition (TLA). Although it has been acknowledged that MLA is strongly affected by literacy and grammar-related activities, only a few studies have focused on the context…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Metalinguistics
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Razeghizade, Tayebe; Nourmohammadi, Esmaeel; Izadi, Mehri – MEXTESOL Journal, 2022
Critical thinking, intelligence, and language aptitude are three cognitive factors, each, in its own way, influencing our lives. They are important in successful reasoning, problem-solving, and foreign language learning, and thus are worth studying regarding their influence on individuals' language-related skills, in particular, foreign…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Critical Thinking, Undergraduate Students, Universities
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Yoon, Chae Won; Chon, Yuah V. – English Teaching, 2022
To investigate L2 adolescent learners' use of machine translation (MT), an MT error correction (EC) test was developed, based on the analysis of MT errors arising from translating the learners' L1 of middle school EFL textbooks. Learners were also asked to report on their use of MT EC strategies on the EC task. Results indicated that…
Descriptors: Translation, Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns, Language Proficiency
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Kang, Hyeonah; Kweon, Soo-Ok; Choi, Sungmook – Language Teaching Research, 2022
This study employs eye-tracking to investigate how first (L1) and second language (L2) glosses affect lexical uptake and reading behaviors in L2 learners of English. The study also explores the relationship between lexical uptake and reading behaviors as a function of gloss type. To investigate this, 81 Korean university students were asked to…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Native Language
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In'nami, Yo; Koizumi, Rie – International Journal of Listening, 2022
To better understand the relationship between second-language (L2) listening comprehension and metacognitive awareness, we examined the moderating effects of listening tests and learner samples while focusing on aspects of metacognitive awareness. Students of English-as-a-foreign-language at a Japanese university (n = 75; the 2019 cohort) took the…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Ma, Wenyue; Winke, Paula – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2022
The factors that influence rater scoring have been a subject of great interest to researchers in second language assessment. However, the research on the impact of test-takers' speech profiles (e.g., a jagged or a flat profile reflecting analytic subscores) on raters' scoring behaviors remains to be seen. To investigate the role of speech profiles…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Speech Communication, Profiles
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Armea, Aires P.; Castro, Marvin P.; Llamado, Mylyn N.; Lotino, Renie B.; San Esteban, Arvin A.; Ocampo, Darrel M. – Online Submission, 2022
The study aimed to determine the English proficiency and literary competence of English major students of CBSUA-Sipocot. The third and fourth-year college students were the respondents of the study. The evaluative-correlational method was employed in the research. Frequency count and percentage technique were used to describe levels of proficiency…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Language Proficiency, English Literature, Second Language Learning
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Leonard, Karen – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2019
In the L2 fluency literature there is considerable debate over how best to operationally define pauses and how different pause measures relate to L2 proficiency. This creates a challenge for researchers interested in L2 fluency, and particularly those who are working with groups that vary in L2 proficiency. This article addresses these issues by…
Descriptors: Language Fluency, Language Research, Second Language Learning, Spanish
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Solari, Emily J.; Zucker, Tricia A.; Grimm, Ryan P. – Early Education and Development, 2023
This study evaluated the emergent literacy profiles of preschool Spanish-speaking children. Participants included 440 children in dual-language classrooms who were assessed in English and Spanish at the beginning and end of their preschool year. Research Findings: Through latent profile analysis, conducted with fall data, four empirically derived…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Spanish Speaking, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Meyer, Jennifer; Schmidt, Fabian T. C.; Fleckenstein, Johanna; Köller, Olaf – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2023
Background: Many empirical investigations focus on how personality traits and academic motivation are related to academic achievement. Regarding the personality traits described in the five-factor model, prior research has shown associations between openness to experience and language achievement in particular. Following the principle of trait…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, German, Personality Traits, Student Motivation
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Kohnke, Lucas; Foung, Dennis; Chen, Julia – Educational Technology & Society, 2023
This study investigated how English learners complete multimodal formative quizzes. Participants included 17,950 students enrolled in a mandatory English for Academic Purposes course at a university in Hong Kong. We retrieved data from Blackboard, a learning management system, and conducted a two-step cluster analysis to examine student…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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