Joanna Light
San Jose State University
3 Papers
92 Citations
Joanna Light is an academic researcher from San Jose State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Vocabulary & First language. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 3 publications.
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Papers
•Proceedings Article
Read My Tongue Movements: Bimodal Learning To Perceive And Produce Non-Native Speech /r/ and /l/
Dominic W. Massaro,Joanna Light +1 more
- 01 Jan 2003
TL;DR: This study investigated the effectiveness of Baldi for teaching non-native phonetic contrasts, by comparing instruction illustrating the internal articulatory processes of the oral cavity versus instruction providing just the normal view of the tutor’s face.
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•Journal Article
Improving the Vocabulary of Children with Hearing Loss
Dominic W. Massaro,Joanna Light +1 more
TL;DR: The authors tested the effectiveness of a Language Wizard/Player with Baldi, a computer-animated tutor, for teaching new vocabulary items to children with a hearing loss, and found that knowledge of the words remained negligible without training and learning occurred fairly quickly for all words once training began, reaching asymptotic levels in each category.
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Development and Evaluation of a Computer-Animated Tutor for Language and Vocabulary Learning
Dominic W. Massaro,Alexis Bosseler,Joanna Light +2 more
- 01 Jan 2003
TL;DR: The case for the value of the direct teaching of vocabulary and computer-aided instruction is made and two studies using a Language Wizard/Player for teaching new vocabulary items to hard of hearing and autistic children are reviewed.