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Zinszer, Benjamin D.; Hannon, Joelle; Kouadio, Aya Élise; Akpé, Hermann; Tanoh, Fabrice; Hu, Anqi; Qi, Zhenghan; Jasinska, Kaja – Language Learning, 2023
Statistical learning is a learning mechanism that does not directly depend on knowledge of a language but predicts language and literacy outcomes for children and adults. Research linking statistical learning and literacy has not addressed a common educational context in primary schools worldwide: children who first learn to read in their second…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 6, Elementary School Students, Literacy
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Ammar, Ahlem; Hassan, Rania Mohamed – Language Learning, 2018
This quasi-experimental study examined the potential benefits of zero-error dictation, a teaching technique based on dialogue-driven dictation, and the extent to which target linguistic features and proficiency levels mediated its effects on second language (L2) learners' accurate use of French grammatical morphology. Seventy-nine learners of L2…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Teaching Methods, Second Language Instruction, Grammar
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de Zeeuw, Marlies; Schreuder, Rob; Verhoeven, Ludo – Language Learning, 2013
We investigated written word identification of regular and irregular past-tense verb forms by first (L1) and second language (L2) learners of Dutch in third and sixth grade. Using a lexical decision task, we measured speed and accuracy in the identification of regular and irregular past-tense verb forms by children from Turkish-speaking homes (L2…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Acquisition, Verbs, Morphemes
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Jang, Eunice Eunhee; Dunlop, Maggie; Wagner, Maryam; Kim, Youn-Hee; Gu, Zhimei – Language Learning, 2013
The study examined differences in reading achievement and mastery skill development among Grade-6 students with different language background profiles, using cognitive diagnosis modeling applied to large-scale provincial reading test performance data. Our analyses revealed that students residing in various home language environments show different…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Reading Achievement, Immigrants, Elementary School Students
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Swanborn, M. S. L.; de Glopper, K. – Language Learning, 2002
Examined how reading texts for different purposes affected amounts of incidental word learning. Grade 6 students were asked to read texts for fun, to learn about the topic of the text, and for text comprehension. Level of reading ability was a significant factor in all conditions. Low ability readers learned hardly any words incidentally;…
Descriptors: Dutch, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Grade 6
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Schoonen, Rob; Hulstijn, Jan; Bossers, Bart – Language Learning, 1998
Discusses a study of grades six, eight, and ten students in the Netherlands to whom grade-appropriate measures of reading comprehension and vocabulary knowledge were administered in their native language, Dutch, as well as in English. The aim was to explore relative contributions to native language and foreign language reading comprehension of a…
Descriptors: Dutch, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries