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Task Planning and Oral L2 Production: A Research Synthesis and Meta-Analysis
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Johnson, Mark D.; Abdi Tabari, Mahmoud – Applied Linguistics, 2022
Increased second language acquisition (SLA) research interest in the effect of planning on subsequent L2 oral production has typically examined the effect of planning on the syntactic complexity, accuracy, lexical complexity, and/or fluency (CALF) of L2 production. However, the results of research in this domain are inconclusive. This study, a…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Acquisition, Meta Analysis, Planning
Event-Related Potentials (ERPs) in Second Language Research: A Brief Introduction to the Technique, a Selected Review, and an Invitation to Reconsider Critical Periods in L2
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Steinhauer, Karsten – Applied Linguistics, 2014
This article provides a selective overview of recent event-related brain potential (ERP) studies in L2 morpho-syntax, demonstrating that the ERP evidence supporting the critical period hypothesis (CPH) may be less compelling than previously thought. The article starts with a general introduction to ERP methodology and language-related ERP profiles…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Second Language Learning, Age Differences, Native Speakers
Learners' Difficulties with Grammatical Gender in German as a Foreign Language.
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Rogers, Margaret – Applied Linguistics, 1987
Focuses on the learner's problems in producing the correct grammatical gender for a given noun in German. Discusses the complexity of gender assignment and the lengthy process of acquisition of gender. Examines error patterns made by English students of German. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Error Patterns, German, Interference (Language)