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John W Oller
  • Lafayette, Louisiana, United States
... That theory shows why instructions to complex nonverbal items cannot be given inpanto-mime alone. ... Semiotica 133±1/4 (2001), 15±44 0037±1998/01/0133±0015 ©Walter de Gruyter Page 2. particular language or languages. ...
... EJ080017 - Reading Skills of Non-Native Speakers of English. ... Click on any of the links below to perform a new search. ERIC #: EJ080017. Title: Reading Skills of Non-NativeSpeakers of English. Authors: Oller, John W., Jr.; Tullius,... more
... EJ080017 - Reading Skills of Non-Native Speakers of English. ... Click on any of the links below to perform a new search. ERIC #: EJ080017. Title: Reading Skills of Non-NativeSpeakers of English. Authors: Oller, John W., Jr.; Tullius, James R. ...
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... Record Details - ED227695. Title: Issues in Language Testing Research. Full-Text Availability Options: ... Related Items: Show Related Items. Click on any of the links below to perform a new search. Title: Issues in Language Testing... more
... Record Details - ED227695. Title: Issues in Language Testing Research. Full-Text Availability Options: ... Related Items: Show Related Items. Click on any of the links below to perform a new search. Title: Issues in Language Testing Research. Authors: Oller, John W., Jr., Ed. ...
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SUMMARY: The McGurk effect is a relatively familiar but poorly understood, perceptual and motor phenomenon in the literature. It is achieved by pairing a mismatch between articulatory gestures and sequences of sounds. For example, if the... more
SUMMARY: The McGurk effect is a relatively familiar but poorly understood, perceptual and motor phenomenon in the literature. It is achieved by pairing a mismatch between articulatory gestures and sequences of sounds. For example, if the syllable /ga/ is paired with the facial articulatory gesture for /ba/, listener/viewers typically perceive the sound as a funny "retroflex" /da/ or even /ga/.
... disorders and learning disabilities Figueroa (1989) has commented that 'school psychologists are still testing bilingual students and those with limited English profiaency predominantly in English' (1989 147—also Damico,... more
... disorders and learning disabilities Figueroa (1989) has commented that 'school psychologists are still testing bilingual students and those with limited English profiaency predominantly in English' (1989 147—also Damico, Smith, and Augustine 1996, Figueroa 1989, Jitendra ...
This paper will address the following questions:1. What is language proficiency?2. What is the relationship between first and second language proficiency?3. What major theories have been born or laid to rest in the last year or so?4. Can... more
This paper will address the following questions:1. What is language proficiency?2. What is the relationship between first and second language proficiency?3. What major theories have been born or laid to rest in the last year or so?4. Can any consensus be discerned in the various extant controversies?Although the review will concentrate on research published or presented at professional meetings on testing in the last year, some of the themes will necessitate reference to earlier work, and much that might be considered relevant by other authors will be omitted. The objective is to set down as much as possible to identify controversial issues for what they are, and to highlight emerging trends as best I can them.
Content and formal discourse schemata are derived respectively from perceptual (abductive) and indexical (inductive) strategies of inference, but a third kind of schema referred to as abstract is hypothesized here for the first time and... more
Content and formal discourse schemata are derived respectively from perceptual (abductive) and indexical (inductive) strategies of inference, but a third kind of schema referred to as abstract is hypothesized here for the first time and is shown to be based on deductive ...
... read, the instructor told them the principal points he wanted them (C) to note,” and must indicate that (A) is inappropriate (TOEFL Handbook for Candidates 1971:16). ... Instructions for the cloze test were read silently by the... more
... read, the instructor told them the principal points he wanted them (C) to note,” and must indicate that (A) is inappropriate (TOEFL Handbook for Candidates 1971:16). ... Instructions for the cloze test were read silently by the subjects : Page 5. ...

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