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Source
| Language Learning | 7 |
Author
| Perkins, Kyle | 7 |
| Oller, John W., Jr. | 2 |
| Angelis, Paul J. | 1 |
| Brutten, Sheila R. | 1 |
| Guarino, Regina | 1 |
| Larsen-Freeman, Diane | 1 |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 5 |
| Reports - Research | 4 |
| Information Analyses | 1 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
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Peer reviewedOller, John W., Jr.; Perkins, Kyle – Language Learning, 1978
Questions the validity of current measurement instruments or techniques which purport to assess affective variables, and relates this to the question of correlation between measures of affective variables and attained language proficiency. (AM)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Analysis of Variance, Attitude Measures, Language Proficiency
Peer reviewedOller, John W., Jr.; Perkins, Kyle – Language Learning, 1978
Discusses three possible sources of nonrandom but extraneous variance in self-reported attitude data, and demonstrates that these data may be surreptitious measures of verbal intelligence and language proficiency. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Analysis of Variance, Attitude Measures, Correlation
Peer reviewedPerkins, Kyle; Larsen-Freeman, Diane – Language Learning, 1975
A study was conducted to determine if informal learners of ESL had the same acquisition order of morphemes as formal learners have and to find out what would happen to the established order if only certain of the grammatical morphemes were explained and drilled. Instruction did not change acquisition order. (Author/KM)
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Students, English (Second Language), Language Instruction
Peer reviewedPerkins, Kyle; Angelis, Paul J. – Language Learning, 1985
Describes a study that explored the relationship between performance of a schematic concept formation task (SCF) and reading performance in students of English as a second language. Above average readers had significantly higher SCF ranks than below average readers. Offers suggestions for future research with SCF tasks. (SED)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedPerkins, Kyle; And Others – Language Learning, 1986
To estimate reading difficulty of items on a sentence repetition task, a study had 50 adult English as a second language (ESL) students repeat each of 26 sentences immediately after two presentations. High-difficulty items were derivationally more complex than low-difficulty items, and the most difficult items involved the processing of…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Comparative Testing, Difficulty Level, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedGuarino, Regina; Perkins, Kyle – Language Learning, 1986
Describes research done to determine whether there is a statistical relationship between an English as a second language learner's ability to determine a word's morphemes or structural units and his/her ability to comprehend written English text. (SED)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, English (Second Language), Form Classes (Languages), Higher Education
Peer reviewedPerkins, Kyle; Brutten, Sheila R. – Language Learning, 1988
Analysis of the keyed responses of items in three English-as-a-Second-Language reading comprehension tests focused on the form and source of information and on the frequency with which the information appeared in the text. Analysis of the results found that these facets were differentially related to the item score at different proficiency levels.…
Descriptors: Context Clues, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Language Proficiency
