News tagged with vocabulary
New model shows how often to review material for flashcard programs
(PhysOrg.com) -- A challenge for students and teachers -- and today, for designers of educational software: How often should material be reviewed for best learning? Wait too long to review and it fades away; review too soon ...
Jan 26, 2012 |
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Language learning through hip-hop music
Listeners can learn new vocabulary through hip-hop music, even though the lyrics may be difficult to understand, according to a study published in the Dec. 21 issue of the online journal PLoS ONE.
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Dec 21, 2011 |
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New home movies resurrect endangered American Indian language
University of Minnesota Duluth education professor Mary Hermes says saving an endangered language goes beyond just enriching the people who speak it.
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Nov 22, 2011 |
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Interactive play with blocks found to facilitate development of spatial vocabulary
In a recent study published in Mind, Brain and Education, researchers at Temple's Infant Lab found there are some very real benefits to playing with that old toy classic — blocks.
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Nov 02, 2011 |
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Robust preschool experience offers lasting effects on language and literacy
Preschool teachers' use of sophisticated vocabulary and analytic talk about books combined with early support for literacy in the home can predict fourth-grade reading comprehension and word recognition, new research from ...
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Aug 18, 2011 |
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To help doctors and patients, researchers are developing a 'vocabulary of pain'
All over the world, patients with chronic pain struggle to express how they feel to the doctors and health-care providers who are trying to understand and treat them.
Jul 19, 2011 |
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Teachers need greater awareness of language disorders
Greater awareness of 'specific language impairment' (SLI), a language disorder, is needed to ensure better outcomes for the 3-6 per cent of UK school children affected by this disability. Children with SLI have difficulties ...
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May 19, 2011 |
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Adverse changes in sleep duration are associated with lower cognitive scores in middle-aged adults
A study in the May 1 issue of the journal Sleep describes how changes in sleep that occur over a five-year period in late middle age affect cognitive function in later life. The findings suggest that women and men who be ...
May 01, 2011 |
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Extramural exposure leads to more varied use of English by 16-year-olds
Pupils who devote much of their spare time to activities involving exposure to English, such as computer games and films, are thought to vary their use of language more in their written work than pupils with less extramural ...
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Feb 22, 2011 |
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A second language gives toddlers an edge
Toddlers who learn a second language from infancy have an edge over their unilingual peers, according to a new study from Concordia University and York University in Canada and the Universite de Provence in France. As reported ...
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Jan 19, 2011 |
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Border collie comprehends over 1,000 object names
Researchers at Wofford College discovered that a Border Collie comprehends the names of over 1000 objects, differentiating between names of objects and orders to fetch them. This research deepens the findings of researchers ...
Jan 06, 2011 |
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'Educational' DVDs don't expand baby vocabulary: study
Toddlers exposed to DVDs and videos marketed as "educational" showed no greater improvement in their vocabularies than children not exposed to such programming, a study said Wednesday.
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Nov 03, 2010 |
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Maltese-English Dictionary to be Digitized
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Arizona linguist Adam Ussishkin has headed up an effort to update and digitize the Maltese-English dictionary of record. The new searchable database will enable scholars and ...
Sep 28, 2010 |
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Vocabulary on decline due to fewer books
Young people are reading less and failing to build vocabulary amid a sea of text messaging and cyber chat, says literacy and child development specialist Professor Tom Nicholson.
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Sep 20, 2010 |
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Reading to kids a crucial tool in English language development
Poring over the works of Dr. Seuss, the adventures of the Bernstain Bears or exploring the worlds of Hans Christian Andersen with a child has always been a great parent-child bonding exercise.
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Feb 16, 2010 |
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