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Investigating the Declarative-Procedural Gap for the Indirect Speech Construction in L2 Learners
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Chen, Zhengrong; Caldwell-Harris, Catherine – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2019
It is common to have good declarative but poor procedural knowledge of a foreign language, especially for classroom learners. To study this gap in a constrained manner, we asked Chinese learners of English to repeat, correct and produce indirect speech. The indirect speech construction was selected in the present study because it is known to be a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
L2 Distribution of Chinese Connectives: Towards a Comprehensive Understanding of a Discourse Grammar
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Lu, Yuan – Second Language Research, 2019
This study investigated second language distribution of Chinese connectives by tallying responses on a mini-discourse completion test taken by English-speaking learners with different language learning backgrounds and at different proficiency levels. The results showed that an underuse pattern underlay practically all Chinese connectives as a…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Chinese, Form Classes (Languages), Cognitive Ability
The Longitudinal Development of Grammatical Complexity at the Phrasal and Clausal Levels in Spoken and Written Responses to the "TOEFL iBT"® Test. Research Report. ETS RR-19-45
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Gray, Bethany; Geluso, Joe; Nguyen, Phuong – ETS Research Report Series, 2019
In the present study, we take a longitudinal, corpus-based perspective to investigate short-term (over 9 months) linguistic change in the language produced for the spoken and written sections of the "TOEFL iBT"® test by a group of English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) learners in China. The goal of the study is to identify patterns that…
Descriptors: Grammar, Computer Assisted Testing, Phrase Structure, Language Proficiency
A Survey on College English Writing in China: A Cultural Perspective
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Ren, Junhong; Wang, Na – English Language Teaching, 2015
This survey investigates to what degree the Chinese learners know about the discrepancies between Chinese and English thought patterns and their possible effects on English writing. Eighty-one students from North China Electric Power University participate in the survey. Qualitative and quantities approaches, involving the adoption of both…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Surveys, English (Second Language), College Students
Use of Formulaic Sequences in Monologues of Chinese EFL Learners
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Qi, Yan; Ding, Yanren – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2011
The literature on formulaic language lacks sufficient research on how L2 learners make progress in native-like formulaicity of their target language. This study analyzed the use of formulaic sequences (FSs) by 56 Chinese university English majors in their prepared monologues at the beginning and end of a three-year period and compared the student…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Majors (Students), Native Speakers, English (Second Language)
Sociolinguistic Variation in the Speech of Learners of Chinese as a Second Language
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Li, Xiaoshi – Language Learning, 2010
With Chinese native-speaker data as the baseline, this study investigates the use of the morphosyntactic particle DE by learners of Chinese as a second language. The general patterns are as follows: (a) DE tends to be deleted more in informal speech than in formal settings; (b) higher proficiency and longer residence in China--more interactions…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Language Variation, Textbooks, Foreign Countries