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Pragmatic Comprehension in Japanese as a Foreign Language
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Taguchi, Naoko – Modern Language Journal, 2008
This study developed an original instrument that measures pragmatic comprehension in Japanese as a foreign language (JFL). It examined the ability to comprehend implied meaning encoded in conventional and nonconventional features and the effect of proficiency on comprehension. There were 63 college students of Japanese at 2 proficiency levels who…
Descriptors: Test Format, Scores, Second Language Learning, Japanese
Testing the Development of French Word Knowledge by Advanced Dutch- and English-Speaking Learners and Native Speakers
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Greidanus, Tine; Beks, Bianca; Wakely, Richard – Modern Language Journal, 2005
The present study is a continuation of the work presented in the 2001 article by Greidanus and Nienhuis. In the current study, we also examine the quality of word knowledge among advanced learners of French as a second language (L2) by means of a word associates test. We studied the development of word knowledge among 6 groups of university-level…
Descriptors: Indo European Languages, Second Language Learning, Language Tests, Native Speakers