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Panpan Yao; Xin Jiang; Xinwei Chen; Xingshan Li – Second Language Research, 2025
The present study explored the processing units of high-proficiency second language (L2) Chinese learners in on-line reading in an eye-tracking experiment. The critical aim was to investigate how learners segment continuous characters into words without the aid of word boundary demarcations. Based on previous studies, the embedded words of 2- and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency, Reading, Eye Movements
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Stefania Spina; Irene Fioravanti; Luciana Forti; Fabio Zanda – Second Language Research, 2024
This article introduces the CELI corpus, a new learner corpus of written Italian consisting of ca. 600,000 tokens, evenly distributed among CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) proficiency levels B1, B2, C1 and C2. The collected texts derive from the language certification exams administered by the University for Foreigners…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Best Practices
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Abdulaziz Alarifi; Benjamin V. Tucker – Second Language Research, 2024
This study investigated the role of orthographic information in the acquisition of non-native speech sounds by monolingual English listeners. Two potentially important orthographic variables were explored: Orthographic compatibility (whether the orthographic information supports or contradicts the distributional information) and orthographic…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Auditory Discrimination, Cues
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Yu-An Lu; Cheng-Huan Lee – Second Language Research, 2024
This article provides a review of previous studies that have examined the effects of orthography on establishing contrastive phonological representations in second language acquisition and presents results from an original study on Mandarin speakers' production of English stops investigating how the presence of orthography affects the production…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Speech Communication, Contrastive Linguistics, Written Language