Throughout their lifetime, adults learn new words in their native lannguage, and potentially
also in a second language. However, they do so with variable levels of success. In the …

Constructed languages, also known as conlangs, are languages that have been
purposefully created for either real-world or fictional speakers. Within this article, I provide a …

The present study explored whether emergent bilingual children showed enhanced abilities
to learn L3 vocabulary including written, spoken and conceptual forms compared to …

This paper investigates the influence of gestures on foreign language (FL) vocabulary
learning. In this work, we first address the state of the art in the field and then delve into the …

Applied linguistic work claims that multilinguals' non-native languages interfere with one
another based on similarities in cognitive factors like proficiency or age of acquisition. Two …

Purpose. Learning capabilities of the English language are essential elements to survive in
the international market. The current study aimed to investigate the impact of student interest …

Fluent reading and writing rely on well-developed orthographic representations stored in
memory. According to the self-teaching hypothesis (Share, DL (1995). Phonological …

Bilingual experience exerts a complex influence on novel word learning, including the direct
effects of transferable prior knowledge and learning skill. However, the facilitation and …

We review how second language (L2) printed and spoken word recognition is affected by
first language (L1) characteristics. First, sublexical word properties in bilingual word …

Bilinguals are more successful than monolinguals in novel language learning due to the
transfer of prior learning strategies and experiences with two languages. The extent of such …