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Who knows more words: bilingual or monolingual children?
Publication De Houwer, A., Bornstein, M., & Putnick, D. (2014) Topic Acquisition
Bilingualism
Multilingualism
Vocabulary
Participant type Monolinguals
Bilinguals
Age Young learners
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Using the CEFR to teach sign language to parents of deaf children
Publication Snoddon, K. (2015) Topic Other
- Sign language
Teaching materials and curriculum (syllabus, textbook design)
Learning
Participant type Foreign language learners
Parents
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Presenting figurative idioms with a touch of etymology: More than mere mnemonics?
Publication Boers, F., Eyckmans, J., & Stengers, H. (2007) Topic Figurative language (metaphor)
Teaching methods (style, approach, technique)
Learning
Tasks
Vocabulary
Comprehension
Effectiveness of teaching
Acquisition
Participant type Foreign language learners
Age Adult learners
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Metaphor awareness and vocabulary retention
Publication Boers, F. (2000) Topic Teaching methods (style, approach, technique)
Vocabulary
Acquisition
Figurative language (metaphor)
Comprehension
Tasks
Learning
Effectiveness of teaching
Participant type Foreign language learners
Age Adult learners
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Teaching metaphor
Publication Low, G.D. (1988) Topic Figurative language (metaphor)
Acquisition
Production
Native / Non-native
Comprehension
Teaching materials and curriculum (syllabus, textbook design)
Teaching methods (style, approach, technique)
Pragmatic competence
Vocabulary
Participant type Other
- Non-empirical think-piece
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The influence of age on language learning in and outside the classroom
Publication Muñoz, C. (2008) Topic Acquisition
Learning
Participant type Foreign language learners
Second (additional) language learners
First language learners
Age Young learners
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How does age affect different domains of language?
Publication Granena, G., & Long, M. (2013) Topic Production
Native / Non-native
Pronunciation
Speaking
Processing
Grammar
Vocabulary
Phonology
Cross-linguistic influence
Acquisition
Participant type Second (additional) language learners
Age Adolescent learners
Adult learners
Young learners
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Toward a learner-centred definition of formulaic sequences
Publication Myles, F., & Cordier, C. (2017) Topic Native / Non-native
Acquisition
Processing
Participant type Foreign language learners
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How does learners’ first language influence how they express time in their second language?
Publication Vanek, N., & Hendriks, H. (2015) Topic Grammar
Acquisition
Processing
Bilingualism
Participant type Bilinguals
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The reasons heritage speakers often do not develop full proficiency in their heritage language
Publication Rothman, J. (2009) Topic Grammar
Bilingualism
Cross-linguistic influence
Community or heritage (home) languages
Multilingualism
Acquisition
Participant type Heritage speakers
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The influence of frequency and function on the learning of grammatical constructions
Publication Ellis, N., & Ferreira-Junior, F. (2009) Topic Grammar
Acquisition
Participant type Second (additional) language learners
Age Adult learners
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The benefits of second language instruction
Publication Doughty, C. (1991) Topic Grammar
Teaching methods (style, approach, technique)
Acquisition
Participant type Second (additional) language learners
Age Adult learners
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Formulaic sequences and perceived oral proficiency
Publication Boers, F., Eyckmans, J., Kappel, J., Stengers,H., & Demecheleer, M. (2006) Topic Effectiveness of teaching
Figurative language (metaphor)
Proficiency
Fluency
Acquisition
Production
Teaching methods (style, approach, technique)
Vocabulary
Discourse
Other
- Formulaic sequences
Learning
Participant type Foreign language learners
Age Adult learners
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Exercises for learning verb-noun collocations
Publication Boers, F., Demecheleer, M., Coxhead, A., & Webb, S. (2014) Topic Production
Testing
Acquisition
Comprehension
Other
- Collocations /formulaic sequences
Vocabulary
Participant type Second (additional) language learners
Teacher trainees
Age Adult learners
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Experiments on formulaic sequences in a second language
Publication Boers, F., & Lindstromberg, S. (2012) Topic Comprehension
Tasks
Vocabulary
Other
- Formulaic sequences
Production
Acquisition
Figurative language (metaphor)
Participant type Second (additional) language learners
Native speakers
Foreign language learners
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Underlining multiword units in second language (L2) reading texts
Publication Boers, F., Demecheleer, M., He, L., Deconcinck, J., Stenges, H., & Eyckmans, J. (2017) Topic Teaching methods (style, approach, technique)
Other
- Multiword units / formulaic sequences
Reading
Acquisition
Comprehension
Learning
Participant type Foreign language learners
Age Adult learners
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The effects of age and aptitude in second language learning
Publication DeKeyser, R. (2000) Topic Grammar
Aptitude
Native / Non-native
Acquisition
Participant type Second (additional) language learners
Age Adolescent learners
Adult learners
Young learners
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Avoidance of phrasal verbs: The case of Chinese learners of English
Publication Liao, Y., & Fukuya, Y. J. (2004) Topic Figurative language (metaphor)
Acquisition
Production
Comprehension
Vocabulary
Learning
Participant type First language learners
Second (additional) language learners
Age Adult learners
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Formulaic language, creativity, and language play in a second language
Publication Bell, N. (2012) Topic Fluency
Proficiency
Vocabulary
Figurative language (metaphor)
Learning
Production
Comprehension
Acquisition
Participant type Other
- Non-empirical think-piece
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How bilingual does a child need to be to benefit from a cognitive advantage?
Publication De Cat, C., Gusnanto, A., & Serratrice, L. (2018) Topic Other
- Executive function
Community or heritage (home) languages
Acquisition
Participant type Bilinguals
Monolinguals
Age Young learners
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Second language grammar learning: what is difficult and why?
Publication DeKeyser, R. (2005) Topic Grammar
Acquisition
Cross-linguistic influence
Participant type Foreign language learners
Second (additional) language learners
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How do age and learning conditions influence second language learning?
Publication Lichtman, K. (2016) Topic Other
- Metalinguistic awareness
Grammar
Acquisition
Participant type Second (additional) language learners
Age Adult learners
Young learners
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Making features more noticeable: To what extent does it facilitate L2 grammar learning?
Publication Comeaux, I., & McDonald, J. (2018) Topic Learning
Acquisition
Grammar
Comprehension
Teaching methods (style, approach, technique)
Participant type Second (additional) language learners
Age Adult learners
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Losing and regaining a childhood language
Publication Flores, C. (2019) Topic Multilingualism
Community or heritage (home) languages
Attrition (language loss)
Grammar
Acquisition
Bilingualism
Participant type Bilinguals
Heritage speakers
Age Adolescent learners
Young learners
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Different perspectives on heritage language development: Introducing a special issue of Language Learning
Publication Flores, C., Gürel, A., & Putnam, M.T. (2019) Topic Bilingualism
Acquisition
Multilingualism
Community or heritage (home) languages
Cultural identity
Culture
Attrition (language loss)
Cross-linguistic influence
Participant type Heritage speakers
First language attriters
Bilinguals
Native speakers
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Children with developmental language disorder have difficulties with picking up language “rules” from exposure to language
Publication Lammertink, I., Boersma, P., Wijnen, F., & Rispens, J. (2019) Topic Comprehension
Grammar
Other
- Developmental language disorder (DLD)
Acquisition
Learning
Listening
Participant type Monolinguals
Native speakers
Age Young learners
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ISLA: How implicit or how explicit should it be?
Publication Leow, R.P. (2019) Topic Teaching methods (style, approach, technique)
Implicit learning
Effectiveness of teaching
Learning
Acquisition
Participant type Other
- Review paper
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Testing children’s understanding of language: How well they do depends on how we test it
Publication Frizelle, P., Thompson, P.A., Duta, M., & Bishop, D.M.V. (2019) Topic Listening
Learning
Complexity
Testing
Research methods
Acquisition
Processing
Participant type Monolinguals
Age Young learners
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How do language and culture shape the use of gestures and words by toddlers?
Publication Cattani, A., Floccia, C., Kidd, E., Pettenati, OP., Onofrio, D., & Volterra, V. (2019) Topic Vocabulary
Production
Other
- Gesture
Comprehension
Speaking
Participant type Monolinguals
Age Young learners
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How much language can immigrant children learn through play?
Publication Cekaite, A., & Evaldsson, A.-C. (2017) Topic Acquisition
Interaction
Multilingualism
Bilingualism
Community or heritage (home) languages
Learning
Culture
Conversation
Participant type Bilinguals
Second (additional) language learners
Age Young learners
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Does strong vocabulary knowledge in a sign language help deaf children to read better in English?
Publication Novogrodsky, R., Caldwell-Harris, C., Fish, S., & Hoffmeister, R.J. (2014) Topic Vocabulary
Comprehension
Reading
Acquisition
Multilingualism
Bilingualism
Learning
Cross-linguistic influence
Participant type Second (additional) language learners
Bilinguals
Age Adolescent learners
Young learners
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First language predictors of second language comprehension in different modalities
Publication Kormos, J., Babuder, M.K., & Pižorn, K. (2018) Topic Learning
Comprehension
Listening
Cross-linguistic influence
Phonology
Reading
Vocabulary
Acquisition
Other
- Dyslexia
Participant type Foreign language learners
Age Young learners
Adolescent learners
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Learning English outside the classroom: which words are easy or difficult to learn?
Publication De Wilde, V., Brysbaert, M., & Eyckmans, J. (2019) Topic Reading
Learning
Acquisition
Vocabulary
Cross-linguistic influence
Listening
Comprehension
Participant type Second (additional) language learners
Foreign language learners
Age Young learners
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Developing primary school students’ foreign language learner self-concept
Publication Waddington, J. (2019) Topic Acquisition
Self-efficacy
Learning
Participant type Foreign language learners
Age Young learners