Category: Language Acquisition
Lexical and Non-lexical Processing Among Arabic-English Speaking Children
This study investigated the strength of lexical and non-lexical processing among Arabic-English speaking children, in two writing systems that vary …
Professional Peer Review and Value in Academic Writing: Implications for EAP Course Design
For academics and professional researchers, peer review is an accepted element of their working practice. Regular submission to journals (predominantly …
State-of-the-art of CLIL Research Using Bibliometric Approach: 2005-2021
The increasing globalization and internationalization has had major impact in elevating the importance of English language education. Notably, amongst the …
How Do Multilingual Children Feel About Family Language Policy at Home?
Parents of multilingual families often wish their children to acquire a heritage language (e.g., Guardado, 2002). However, would parental language …
Early Constructions of the English Dative Alternation: A Corpus-Based Study
This study aims to investigate the early constructions of the dative alternation produced by four L1 English-speaking children and focuses …
Improved Fluency through the Timed-Pair-Practice Framework
Determining proficiency of students by speed measures alone is insufficient. By using a triad of composite measures, two cohorts of …
The Features of Japanese EFL Learners’ Peer Feedback in Writing Compositions
This study investigated how the corrective peer feedback between the peers is related to Japanese university learners’ noticing in their …
Trilingual Preschool Children’s Cognitive Understanding of Mouth Action Verbs in Chinese, English and Malay
This paper explores how Malaysian Chinese children acquire word concepts in the Chinese language with the “interference” from the English …
Japanese ESL Students’ Willingness to Communicate in English: The Effects of L2 Self-Confidence, Acculturation, and Motivational Types
This study aimed to identify the factors that affect English learners’ willingness to communicate (WTC) in the second language (L2) …
Bilingual Transition of Address Terms for Family Members: A Longitudinal L1 Case Study from Birth
This longitudinal study focuses on the bilingual transition of address terms for family members used by a Japanese-English speaking child …
Gender Differences in Subjective Age of Word Acquisition
Studies in language development have shown that throughout childhood and adolescence girls are more advanced in language acquisition than boys. …
Contrasting Pragmatic Elements of L2 Japanese and L2 English Learning: A Closer Look at Refusals and Indirect Opinions
This paper examines the acquisition of pragmatically correct refusal and indirect opinion strategies by first language (L1) English learners of …