Computational models of cognitive development have been frequently used to model impairments found in developmental disorders but relatively rarely to simulate behavioural interventions to remediate these impairments. One area of controversy in practices of intervention is whether it is better to attempt to remediate an area of weakness or to build on the child’s strengths. We present an artifi...

Learning a new word is, in part, acquiring an association between the word and the object or event to which it refers, but mature word learners have honed their expectations how words are related to objects. Specifically, they understand that words are symbols that are used by speakers to communicate about referents. A critical task in development, then, is learning about this relation between ...

Introduction We humans have long held great stock in our ability to use language to communicate with one another. Language is a powerful tool that allows us to coordinate behavior, discuss things remote in time and place, and write manuscripts such as this one. It has played a vital role in the success of our species and it is such an integral part of our individual lives that it is intimately ...

abstractthis study investigated the effect of digital games on vocabulary acquisition of low-proficiency iranian male and female efl learners. in order to select homogeneous learners in terms of their english language proficiency, the standard nelson proficiency test was administered, and based on the obtained results, 60 low-proficiency efl learners were selected (31 females and 29 males). the...

It has been widely assumed that -ung-nominalisation in German is — to some extent — productive. But how productive is it? Which -ung-nouns can be regarded as the products of general principles and which can only be seen as idiosyncratic — remains, perhaps, of some earlier stage of the language? And what, most importantly, are the -ung-formation rules that are productive in German as it is spoke...

Most of the studies on the key word method of second/foreign language vocabulary learning have been based on the evidence from laboratory experiments and have primarily involved the use of English key words to learn the vocabularies of other languages. Furthermore, comparatively quite limited number of such studies is done in authentic classroom contexts. The present study inquired into the eff...