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Word Recognition in Child Second Language Learners: Evidence from Cognates and False Friends
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Brenders, Pascal; van Hell, Janet G.; Dijkstra, Ton – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2011
We studied how Dutch children learned English as a second language (L2) in the classroom. Learners at different levels of L2 proficiency recognized words under different task conditions. Beginning learners in primary school (fifth and sixth grades) and more advanced learners in secondary school (seventh and ninth grades) made lexical decisions on…
Descriptors: Evidence, Second Language Learning, Word Recognition, Indo European Languages