The present study focuses on recognition and production of the English genitive cases with similar structure in Guilaki (i.e., possessive determiners relations) or Persian non-possessive at initial state EFL acquisition. In this regard, researcher selected most proficient speakers-beginner learners who were comparably aware structures under to establish L3 L2 groups. Both groups equally compris...

In this study, we examined the babbling of a pre-verbal child who was learning English and French simultaneously. There were three overarching goals to the research: 1) To examine evidence for language differentiation during pre-lexical stages of bilingual acquisition; 2) To examine whether the time course of phonological development during the pre-verbal stages of bilingual acquisition is in l...

Objectives: The current study mainly aimed at studying the effect of Knowledge of Result (KR) feedback timing and result-estimation opportunity before receiving delayed KR on learning a new speech motor skill in monolingual healthy adults.  Methods: Thirty-nine Persian healthy adults were randomly divided into three groups. Each group received immediate KR, delayed KR (after eight seconds), or...

Objective: To investigate (1) the prevalence of language deficits and disorders and (2) the relationship of bilingual language skills and psychopathology, in Spanish-English bilingual children referred for child and adolescent psychiatry services. Method: Bilingual language skills, emotional/behavioral problems, sociodemographics, immigration variables, and nonverbal IQ were studied in 50 conse...

Recent concern with bilingual education has led to an increased interest in understanding the process of second-language acquisition. In this article Kenji Hakuta and Herlinda Cancino present a critical, historical overview of research on secondlanguage acquisition. In this account the authors outline four analytical upproaches-contrastive, error, performance, and discourse. annlysis-trace the ...