This paper examines young children’s abilities to interpret new words as referring to collections. Two experiments examine English-, Spanish-, and Welsh-speaking children’s interpretations of novel nouns that could refer either to a single object or to a collection. Experiment 1 tested 53 3and 4-year-olds; Experiment 2 tested 30 2to 3-year-olds and 30 4to 5-year-olds. As early as two years of a...

Although scientific forum has obliged its members to hide their presence particularly while they are discussing research outcomes to avoid personal biases, a recent trend is encouraging writers to demonstrate their identity as the author of the text through the use of first person pronouns in order to take responsibility for the content. Therefore, the present study focuses on intermediate and ...

there is insufficient rigorous research examining which features of efl/esl learners’ writing can be improved through their awareness/knowledge of collocation. this study, therefore, addressed this issue and examined the effect of this awareness on iranian efl learners’ writing performance with respect to the specific features of each writing sub-component (i.e., content, organization, vocabula...

Teaching English in the context of foreign language needs vigorous efforts and strong commitment, especially for non-native English-speaking teachers to maintain professionalism achieve success learning language. Generally, it is believed that a teacher should be model learners by providing great deal input target applying L2 only policy. However, some finally decide use their first (L1) or mix...