The present intervention study explored the word learning of 18 children with cochlear implants in response to E-book instruction. Capitalizing on the multimedia options available in electronic storybooks, the intervention incorporated videos and definitions to provide a vocabulary intervention that includes evidence-based teaching strategies. The extent of the children's word learning was asse...

Infants begin to segment novel words from speech by 7.5 months, demonstrating an ability to track, encode and retrieve words in the context of larger units. Although it is presumed that word recognition at this stage is a prerequisite to constructing a vocabulary, the continuity between these stages of development has not yet been empirically demonstrated. The goal of the present study is to in...

podcasting has become a popular means of transferring knowledge in higher education through making lecture contents available to students at their convenience. accessing courses on media players provides students with enhanced learning opportunities. development of teaching methods able to cope with ever-changing nature of medicine is crucial to train the millennium students. pharmacology educa...

Vocabulary learning is an integral part of language learning; however, it difficult. Although there are many techniques proposed for vocabulary and teaching, researchers still strive to find effective methods. Recently, digital games have shown potentials in enhancing acquisition. A majority studies game-based (DGBVL) literature investigate the effectiveness DGBVL tasks. In other words, enough ...

Objectives: This study investigated receptive vocabulary and morphosyntactic skills of children with dyslexia, poor comprehension, typically developing in grade 3 to 6. Methods: A total 45 participated. In order qualify for each group, dyslexia scored below 85 on the word decoding test, comprehenders reading but above 90 test. Typically a standard score both comprehension. All were administered...

Purpose Language is related to false-belief (FB) understanding in both typically developing children and children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The current study examined the role of complementation and general language in FB understanding. Of interest was whether language plays similar or different roles in the groups' FB performance. Method Participants were 16 typically developing c...

Das diesem Bericht zugrundeliegende Forschungsvorhaben wurde mit Mitteln des Bundesministers f ur Bildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Technologie unter dem F orderkennzeichen 01 IV 102 H/0 gef ordert. Die Verantwortung f ur den Inhalt dieser Arbeit liegt bei den Autoren. ABSTRACT In almost all applications of automatic speech recognition, especially in spontaneous speech tasks, the recognizer ...

The present study investigated the potential of writing in English as a foreign language (EFL) for learning by manipulating cognitive task complexity based on related models and hypotheses. essays written 59 Chinese postgraduate EFL students from different subject areas were analysed with reference to complexity, accuracy, fluency (CAF). Results showed that had no significant effect learners’ l...