Simultaneous acquisition of English and Chinese impacts children’s reliance on vocabulary, morphological and phonological awareness for reading in English
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DOI: 10.1080/13670050.2016.1246515
Abstract: ABSTRACT The developmental process of reading acquisition is frequently conceptualized as a self-organizing mental network consisting of lexico-semantic, phonological and orthographical components. The developmental nature of this network varies across languages and is known to… read more here.
Keywords: awareness; english chinese; acquisition english; acquisition ... See more keywords
Crosslinguistic influence on Chinese EFL learners’ acquisition of English finite and nonfinite distinctions
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DOI: 10.1080/2331186x.2020.1721642
Abstract: Abstract English and Chinese have typological differences in finiteness. English has morphological finite and nonfinite distinction, whereas Chinese has no morphological finiteness, and multiple verbs in a clause appear in the form of bare verbs… read more here.
Keywords: acquisition english; nonfinite distinctions; chinese efl; english finite ... See more keywords
The acquisition of English active and passive monotransitive constructions by English–Spanish simultaneous bilingual children
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DOI: 10.1177/13670069211056740
Abstract: Aims and objectives/purpose/research questions: We examine the acquisition of English active and passive monotransitives by English–Spanish bilingual children. These data are compared to English monolinguals from previous studies. We explore whether bi- and monolinguals show… read more here.
Keywords: english spanish; bilingual children; acquisition english; english active ... See more keywords
The Incidental Acquisition of English Prepositions by Arabic-Speaking EFL Learners: Evidence From Al Ain University of Science and Technology
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DOI: 10.1177/2158244019861497
Abstract: This study examined the incidental acquisition of English prepositions by Arabic-speaking English as a foreign language (EFL) learners. Employing reading comprehension exercises as a treatment, we adopted the experimental design of a pre- and post-test… read more here.
Keywords: arabic speaking; acquisition english; prepositions arabic; english prepositions ... See more keywords
Acquisition of L2 English spatial deixes by Arabic-speaking children
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.997110
Abstract: Deictic words are considered the earliest words which children acquire at the stage of two-word-utterance. However, mastering them like adults may take more time. This paper investigates how L2 children comprehend and produce English spatial… read more here.
Keywords: spatial deixes; arabic speaking; acquisition english; deixes arabic ... See more keywords