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Hu, Chieh-Fang; Maechtle, Cheyenne – Modern Language Journal, 2021
Two studies examined the role of input distribution in English construction learning, by child learners from a Mandarin first-language background, and the extent to which phonological short-term memory and awareness predicted such learning. In the first study, 4th-grade students of Mandarin Chinese (N = 121) learned the English object-cleft…
Descriptors: Linguistic Input, Mandarin Chinese, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Zhang, Dongbo – Modern Language Journal, 2017
This study examined the similarities and differences in the functioning of component processes underlying first language (L1) and second language (L2) word reading in Chinese. Fourth-grade Chinese children in Singapore were divided into L1 and L2 reader groups based on whether they used Mandarin or English as their home language. Both groups were…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, English, Language Usage, Second Language Learning
Hu, Chieh-Fang – Modern Language Journal, 2012
This study examined the abilities of young English as a foreign language (EFL) learners to identify quickly new words from a nonostensive, indirect teaching context (known as fast- mapping) and their ability to commit the words to memory. Seventy-five fourth-grade EFL learners heard novel words embedded in sentences. They were then tested for…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Phonological Awareness, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Taylor, Carolyn; Lafayette, Robert – Modern Language Journal, 2010
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 established foreign languages as a core curricular content area; however, instructional emphasis continues to be placed on curricular areas that factor into state educational accountability programs. The present study explored whether foreign language study of first-year Grade 3 foreign language students who…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Assessment, Academic Achievement, Second Language Learning
Donitsa-Schmidt, Smadar; Inbar, Ofra; Shohamy, Elana – Modern Language Journal, 2004
The study investigated whether changes in the educational context of teaching Arabic as a second language in Israeli schools affect students' attitudes towards the language, its speakers and culture, and motivation to study the language. These changes included teaching spoken Arabic rather than Modern Standard Arabic and lowering the starting age…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Learning Motivation, Experimental Groups