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Mueller, Charles Mark – International Journal of English Studies, 2010
Two experiments were conducted to determine whether explicit instruction focusing on metaphorical collocations would promote the incidental noticing of similar phrases by English learners during a subsequent reading task. Noticing was operationalized using the remember-know protocol and learning was measured on a fill-in-the-blanks test. In…
Descriptors: Semantics, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Task Analysis
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Marton, Klara – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2008
Background: Individual differences in complex working memory tasks reflect simultaneous processing, executive functions, and attention control. Children with specific language impairment (SLI) show a deficit in verbal working memory tasks that involve simultaneous processing of information. Aims: The purpose of the study was to examine executive…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Attention Control, Memory, Memorization