Learning to read in English is not just about using context (e.g., pictures) to guess the meaning of the words on the page but also about being aware of the sounds in words and their use. This ability, called "phonological ...
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Young people who consider themselves 'multilingual' tend to perform better across a wide range of subjects at school, regardless of whether they are actually fluent in another language, new research shows.
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Spatial reasoning ability in small children reflects how well they will perform in mathematics later. Researchers from the University of Basel recently came to this conclusion, making the case for better cultivation of spatial ...
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Jun 30, 2021
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In a finding that runs contrary to one of the most-cited studies in the field, a new research paper from University of Kansas linguists shows that even as beginners, adults can quickly begin mentally processing sentence structures ...
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Jun 25, 2021
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Do children learning French as a second language see benefits from reading bilingual French-English children's books?
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Experts say English slang and regional dialect should not be banned from classrooms but when you're getting to grips with a second language how helpful is it to learn non-standard lingo?
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Digital technology has made intercultural contacts a daily activity for many people in the world. As a result, the globalization of cultural flows and the various ways that people appropriate these cultural flows have become ...
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Nov 25, 2020
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Students who begin elementary school and haven't become proficient at speaking English after five years in school should be identified as what educators call "long-term English learners" (LTELs), according to a new paper ...
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What impact does a person's proficiency in English as a second language have on their health and economic integration when they settle in the U.S.? That's the issue addressed in new research published in the International ...
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Students in the first year of school to Year 10 have been learning remotely in Victoria. It's estimated first-year students (known as prep in Victoria) in areas that have been under lockdown for some time have missed around ...
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