In this paper, we describe a flexible form-reader system capable of extracting textual information from accounting documents, like invoices and bills of service companies. In this kind of document, the extraction of some information fields cannot take place without having detected the corresponding instruction fields, which are only constrained to range in given domains. We propose modeling the...

A randomized control trial compared the effects of two kinds of vocabulary instruction on component reading skills of adult struggling readers. Participants seeking alternative high school diplomas received 8 h of scripted tutoring to learn forty academic vocabulary words embedded within a civics curriculum. They were matched for language background and reading levels, then randomly assigned to...

This scoping review explores the causal relationship between morphological instruction and reading development in young L2 learners by synthesizing 12 primary studies published 2004 2019 (N = 1,535). These focused on English as target language involved participants kindergarten Grade from four countries (China, Egypt, Singapore, USA). Findings suggested that (a) led to consistent positive gains...

The paper presents a descriptive account of a Morphological Processing Spelling Approach (MPSA), which substitutes a more conventional spelling instruction, proposed for developing primary school students’ metamorphological knowledge and strategies in English as a foreign language. For the application of the MPSA, seven dictation texts were carefully designed by the researchers, each one includ...

Research syntheses have demonstrated that morphological instruction can improve the literacy skills of poor readers and spellers. However, studies used a wide variety training methods. Questions remain about what type is most effective under which circumstances. In this study, we conducted randomized controlled trial evaluating effectiveness Structured Word Inquiry for teaches students logic En...

Abstract This mixed-methods study explored the development of morphological awareness in learning Chinese as a third language, focusing on how activation learner’s multilingual repertoire can influence awareness. The was conducted for period eight weeks with 62 Japanese students program at university China. are native speakers English and their second languages. were allocated into an experimen...

l2 research has shown that instruction in l2 pragmatics is necessary. the current study evaluated the impact of explicit instruction on efl learner's awareness and production of three speech acts of request, apology, and complaint. it also probed whether learners’ language proficiency plays any role in incorporating pragmatic instruction into the l2 classroom. iranian undergraduate students maj...

We consider the role of physical form, prior experience, and form focused instruction (FFI) in adult language learning. (1) When presented with competing cues to interpretation, learners are more likely to attend to physically more salient cues in the input. (2) Learned attention is an associative learning phenomenon where prior-learned cues block those that are experienced later. (3) The low s...