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De Fina, Anna – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2012
In this paper I closely examine spontaneous interactions between members of a tri-generation Italian American family. I argue that members show different language preferences and differing attitudes towards the family's multilingual identity but that they all demonstrate a degree of "engagement" with the heritage language. Phenomena that…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Interaction, Second Language Learning, Multilingualism
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Dahlberg, Giulia Messina – Educational Technology & Society, 2017
The study presented here is interested in understanding the ways in which social interaction in technology-mediated institutional settings is constrained and afforded by what Pennycook defines as "critical moments" in the educational experience. Drawing on Social Learning Analytics and on the concepts of heteroglossia, contingency and…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Italian, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Tobia, Valentina; Ciancaleoni, Matteo; Bonifacci, Paola – Language Testing, 2017
In this study, two alternative theoretical models were compared, in order to analyze which of them best explains primary school children's text comprehension skills. The first one was based on the distinction between two types of answers requested by the comprehension test: local or global. The second model involved texts' input modality: written…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Language Tests, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis
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Santello, Marco – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2015
The goal of this study is to identify new dimensions of language attitudes to allow for both their multidimensionality and possible language-specificity stemming from local sociolinguistic environments. Adopting a two-step methodology comprising (1) elicitation of adjectives in group interviews and (2) employment of the semantic differential…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Language Attitudes, Semantic Differential, Sociolinguistics
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Amenta, Simona; Marelli, Marco; Crepaldi, Davide – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2015
In this eye-tracking study, we investigated how semantics inform morphological analysis at the early stages of visual word identification in sentence reading. We exploited a feature of several derived Italian words, that is, that they can be read in a "morphologically transparent" way or in a "morphologically opaque" way…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Semantics, Morphology (Languages), Word Recognition
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Plutino, Alessia, Ed.; Borthwick, Kate, Ed.; Corradini, Erika, Ed. – Research-publishing.net, 2020
The present volume collects papers from InnoConf19, which took place at the University of Southampton on the 28th of June 2019. The theme of the conference was 'Treasuring languages: innovative and creative approaches in HE'. The contributions collected in this peer-reviewed volume aim to reflect on best practice in higher education. They showcase…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Instructional Innovation
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Dispaldro, Marco; Leonard, Laurence B.; Deevy, Patricia – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2013
Purpose: Using 2 different scoring methods, the authors examined the diagnostic accuracy of both real-word and nonword repetition in identifying Italian-speaking children with and without specific language impairment (SLI). Method: A total of 34 children ages 3;11-5;8 (years;months) participated--17 children with SLI and 17 typically developing…
Descriptors: Repetition, Diagnostic Tests, Italian, Children
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Tsukada, Kimiko; Hirata, Yukari; Roengpitya, Rungpat – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2014
Purpose: The purpose of this research was to compare the perception of Japanese vowel length contrasts by 4 groups of listeners who differed in their familiarity with length contrasts in their first language (L1; i.e., American English, Italian, Japanese, and Thai). Of the 3 nonnative groups, native Thai listeners were expected to outperform…
Descriptors: Japanese, Vowels, Comparative Analysis, Listening
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Poeste, Meike; Müller, Natascha; Arnaus Gil, Laia – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2019
Acquisitionists generally assume a relation between code-mixing in young bilingual and trilingual children and language dominance. In our cross-sectional study we investigated the possible relation between code-mixing and language dominance in 122 children raised in Spain or Germany. They were bilingual, trilingual or multilingual, the latter…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Bilingualism, Multilingualism, Second Language Learning
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Ordin, Mikhail; Nespor, Marina – Language Learning and Development, 2016
A major problem in second language acquisition (SLA) is the segmentation of fluent speech in the target language, i.e., detecting the boundaries of phonological constituents like words and phrases in the speech stream. To this end, among a variety of cues, people extensively use prosody and statistical regularities. We examined the role of pitch,…
Descriptors: Native Language, Phonemes, Cues, German
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Teruggi, Lilia A.; Gutiérrez-Cáceres, Rafaela – Deafness & Education International, 2016
In this study we explored the revision process and strategies implemented by deaf and hearing students who attend the same bilingual school context (LIS and Italian). For that we analysed and compared the types and quality of revisions made by deaf and hearing participants to their first draft of a narrative text ("Frog, Where Are You?")…
Descriptors: Revision (Written Composition), Deafness, Comparative Analysis, Italian
Jagesic, Sanja; Wyatt, Jeff – College Board, 2018
The Advanced Placement Program® (AP®) offers high school students the opportunity to take rigorous coursework in high school and receive college credit for AP Exam scores that meet or exceed the requirements of their attending institution. Students receiving AP credit are typically exempted from an introductory-level course or series of courses…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, High School Students, College Credits, Scores
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La Sala, Maria Chiara – Research-publishing.net, 2018
This article focusses on the online independent language learning resource for the Year Abroad (YA) in Italy at the University of Leeds. The YA is an important component of most undergraduate degree programmes in Modern Languages. It increases linguistic proficiency and cultural awareness. During the last twenty years, there has been a growing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Independent Study, Study Abroad, Italian
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Bellocchi, Stéphanie; Tobia, Valentina; Bonifacci, Paola – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2017
Many studies have shown that learning to read in a second language (L2) is similar, in many ways, to learning to read in a first language (L1). Nevertheless, reading development also relies upon oral language proficiency and is greatly influenced by orthographic consistency. This longitudinal study aimed to analyze the role of linguistic…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Second Language Learning, Italian, Predictor Variables
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Troncarelli, Donatella; Villarini, Andrea – Research-publishing.net, 2017
Over the last few decades the international dimension of higher education has grown significantly as internationalization has become a strategic goal for many governments. Students on the move worldwide reached five million in 2015 and their number is increasing at a rate of 10% each year. Many of these students need to develop proficiency in the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Online Courses, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
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