Essays about: "productive vocabulary"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 20 essays containing the words productive vocabulary.

  1. 16. Examining the link between productive vocabulary and the shape bias: An ERP study

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Karen Arlock; [2011]
    Keywords : ERP; N400; vocabulary spurt; shape bias; pseudowords; toddlers; silhouette; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : It is during a child’s second year that the rate of word learning increases drastically and they start to pay more attention to the property of shape when categorizing new objects. The present study set out to investigate the relationship between productive vocabulary size and the shape bias when children learn novel words. READ MORE

  3. 17. Learning vocabulary without tears : a comparative study of the jigsaw and information gap tasks in vocabulary acquisition at school

    University essay from Sektionen för lärande och miljö

    Author : Wanlu Song; [2011]
    Keywords : task; jigsaw; information gap; interaction hypothesis; task-induced involvement load; characteristics;

    Abstract : The primary purpose of the present study is to compare the effectiveness of the jigsaw task and information gap tasks in understanding new words and retaining them. Sixteen pupils aged between eleven and twelve were involved in the study and divided into two groups. They were allocated either a jigsaw task or an information gap task. READ MORE

  4. 18. Vocabulary Recognition and Memorization: A Comparison of Two Methods

    University essay from Sektionen för Lärarutbildning

    Author : Liu Yu; [2011]
    Keywords : vocabulary learning; learning by word lists; learning by sentence writing; retention;

    Abstract : The present study investigates which of two vocabulary learning methods best promotes long-term retention of the meaning and spelling of words. The first method is rote learning, i.e. learning by word lists, which requires pupils to memorize the meaning of new words by L1 translation. READ MORE

  5. 19. Long-Term Memory in Infancy. Electrophysiological and Behavioral Measures of Declarative Memory in 14-Month-Olds.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Kristina Magnusson; Emilia Thorup; [2009]
    Keywords : Neurologi; neurophysiology; neuropsychology; Neurology; ASQ; Nc; MacArthur CDI; infant; declarative memory; ERP; deferred imitation; neuropsykologi; neurofysiologi; Psychology; Psykologi; Development psychology; Utvecklingspsykologi; Medicine and Health Sciences; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This paper presents a pilot study investigating the development of declarative memory in infancy, by creating a stimulus material appropriate for recording Event-Related Potentials (ERPs) during memory encoding. The material was designed to establish associations between pictures, and a negative component with a fronto-central distribution (Nc) was studied as a reflection of learning. READ MORE

  6. 20. Is the Yes/No method reliable for measuring vocabulary size?

    University essay from Estetisk-filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Lisa Andersson; [2008]
    Keywords : vocabulary; receptive vocabulary; productive vocabulary; testing; measuring vocabulary size;

    Abstract : The main purpose of this paper was to construct and try out a test that could measure the size of both the receptive and productive vocabulary. This was a joint project, done by three students at the C-level in English in 1997. Before the test was constructed the students looked into previous investigations and different test methods used. READ MORE