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Ling, Wenyi; Grüter, Theres – Second Language Research, 2022
Successful listening in a second language (L2) involves learning to identify the relevant acoustic-phonetic dimensions that differentiate between words in the L2, and then use these cues to access lexical representations during real-time comprehension. This is a particularly challenging goal to achieve when the relevant acoustic-phonetic…
Descriptors: Intonation, Second Language Learning, Mandarin Chinese, Word Recognition
Holdway, Jennifer, Ed.; Wilson, Brittany, Ed. – National Foreign Language Resource Center at University of Hawaii, 2014
The theme for this year's College of Languages, Linguistics, and Literature at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa was "Engaged Language Research and Practice," with the plenary speech given by Dr. Kathryn A. Davis. Following a preface from the editors and plenary speaker highlights, contents of these proceedings include: Section I:…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), American Indian Languages, Second Language Learning, Self Concept
Hawaii State Dept. of Education, Honolulu. Office of Instructional Services. – 1979
This handbook is for use by content area teachers in grades three through six who want to help students improve their comprehension of both oral and written language. The first three chapters discuss the nature of comprehension and establish the general philosophical framework for the strategies and activities that make up the major portion of the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Concept Formation, Creative Thinking, Elementary Education
Hawaii State Dept. of Education, Honolulu. Office of Instructional Services. – 1979
This handbook is intended for content area teachers in grades seven through twelve who want to help students improve their comprehension of both oral and written language. The first three chapters discuss the nature of comprehension and establish the general philosophical framework for the strategies and activities that make up the major portion…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Concept Formation, Content Area Reading, Creative Thinking