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ERIC Number: EJ249463
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-Apr
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Use of a Mnemonic Technique to Teach Young Children Foreign Language Vocabulary.
Pressley, Michael; And Others
Contemporary Educational Psychology, v6 n2 p110-16 Apr 1981
Children 3 to 6 years of age learned simple Spanish vocabulary items using an adaptation of the keyword method of foreign language vocabulary learning. Children who used the keyword method remembered more vocabulary translations than children who were not instructed in keyword method usage. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Control Groups, Cues, Experimental Groups, Pictorial Stimuli, Preschool Education, Recall (Psychology), Second Language Learning, Spanish, Vocabulary Development
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Keyword Method (Second Language Learning)