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Cross-Linguistic Influence as a Factor in the Written and Oral Production of School Age Learners of Japanese in Australia
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Iwashita, Noriko – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2012
The present study investigates to what extent learners' first language (L1) may have an impact on their writing and speaking performances. While Japanese continues to enjoy a large enrolment across levels in Australian schools and universities, the population of learners has become increasingly diverse creating challenges for teachers. One…
Descriptors: Familiarity, Foreign Countries, Asian Culture, Speech Communication
Negative Feedback and Positive Evidence in Task-Based Interaction: Differential Effects on L2 Development
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Iwashita, Noriko – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2003
This study examines the role of task-based conversation in second language (L2) grammatical development, focusing on the short-term effects of both negative feedback and positive evidence on the acquisition of two Japanese structures. The data are drawn from 55 L2 learners of Japanese at a beginning level of proficiency in an Australian tertiary…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Grammar, Feedback (Response), Japanese
Language Background and Item Difficulty: The Development of a Computer-Adaptive Test of Japanese.
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Brown, Annie; Iwashita, Noriko – System, 1996
Investigates the performance of students from different language backgrounds, using data from a computer-adaptive Japanese grammar test developed as a placement tool. Findings indicate item difficulties to be quite different for each group of candidates and imply that when candidates are from a different background from that of the trial…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Assisted Testing, Contrastive Linguistics, Foreign Countries