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Working Memory Capacity and Relative Clause Attachment Preference of Persian EFL Learners: Does Segmentation Play Any Role?
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Mahmoodi, Mohammad Hadi; Sheykholmoluki, Hamidreza; Zoghipaydar, Mohammad Reza; Shahsavari, Saeed – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2022
To contribute to a better understanding of first language (L1) and second language (L2) sentence processing, this study investigated the relationship between working memory capacity (WMC) and relative clause (RC) attachment preference of Persian learners of English as a foreign language . Additionally, the impact of segmentation of experimental…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Form Classes (Languages), Preferences, Second Language Learning
Translation Quality Assessment Rubric: A Rasch Model-Based Validation
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Samir, Aynaz; Tabatabaee-Yazdi, Mona – International Journal of Language Testing, 2020
The present study aimed to examine and validate a rubric for translation quality assessment using Rasch analysis. To this end, the researchers interviewed 20 expert translation instructors to identify the factors they consider important for assessing the quality of students' translation. Based on the specific commonalities found throughout the…
Descriptors: Translation, Scoring Rubrics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
On the Role of L1 Markedness and L2 Input Robustness in Determining Potentially Fossilizable Language Forms in Iranian EFL Learners' Writing
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Nushi, Musa – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2016
Han's (2009, 2013) selective fossilization hypothesis (SFH) claims that L1 markedness and L2 input robustness determine the fossilizability (and learnability) of an L2 feature. To test the validity of the model, a pseudo-longitudinal study was designed in which the errors in the argumentative essays of 52 Iranian EFL learners were identified and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
The Effects of Guided Careful Online Planning on Complexity, Accuracy and Fluency in Intermediate EFL Learners' Oral Production: The Case of English Articles
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Ahmadian, Mohammad Javad – Language Teaching Research, 2012
The purpose of the study reported in this article was twofold: First, to see whether guided careful online planning assists intermediate learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) in accurate oral production of English articles ("an/a" and "the"); and, second, to see whether guided careful online planning has any effects…
Descriptors: Oral Language, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Form Classes (Languages)