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Roles of Domain-General Auditory Processing in Second Language Speech Learning Revisited: What Degree of Precision Makes a Difference?
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Kazuya Saito; Adam Tierney – Language Learning, 2025
This study expands on the practical application of the critical role of auditory processing in the rate of naturalistic L2 speech acquisition. In Study 1, the prosodic production of English by 46 Chinese college students was tracked over a five-month study abroad program in the UK. Learners with extensive L2 input opportunities demonstrated…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), College Students, Foreign Students
The Divisibility of Language Competence: A Confirmatory Approach.
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Fouly, Kamal A.; And Others – Language Learning, 1990
Investigated the nature of second-language proficiency with respect to its divisibility and components. The correlated-traits and second-order hypotheses were evaluated using 354 students learning English-as-a-Second-Language, a wide range of language proficiency measures, and comfirmatory data-analytic techniques. (36 references) (Author/OD)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Higher Education, Language Proficiency
Some Sources of Reading Problems in Foreign-Language Learners
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Yorio, Carlos Alfredo – Language Learning, 1971
Revised version of a paper read at the 1969 meeting of the Argentine Association of Teachers of English in Cosquin, Argentina. (DS)
Descriptors: Charts, English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Psycholinguistics
Nonnative Speakers' Perceptions of English "Nonlexical" Intonation Signals.
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Luthy, Melvin J. – Language Learning, 1983
Native English speakers' and foreign students' perceptions of 14 English intonation signals, recorded free of verbal context, show foreign students may be misinterpreting or missing much information communicated with nonlexical signals. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language)
Resistance to L2 Pragmatics in the Australian ESL Context
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Davis, John McE. – Language Learning, 2007
The study examines how learner biases toward a particular national type of English affect interlanguage pragmatics. Specifically, this study assesses the degree to which Korean ESL (English as a second language) students' preferences for North American English influence their willingness to use Australian-English routines while studying in…
Descriptors: Interlanguage, Foreign Countries, North American English, Pragmatics
Relationships between Speech and Reading among Second Language Learners.
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Muchisky, Dennis M. – Language Learning, 1983
A study of foreign students' English acquisition used short-term memory tasks to determine if phonological encoding of visually presented verbal material occurred during reading. Students not using oral repetition in English showed greater phonological interference and longer reaction times. Correlation with reading proficiency was small.…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), College Students, English (Second Language), Foreign Students
Semantic Differentiation in the Acquisition of English as a Second Language.
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Zhang, Shuqiang – Language Learning, 1995
Analyzes the mental organizations of two sets of fuzzy lexical items by 70 native speakers (NSs) of English and 185 learners of English as a Second Language (ESL). Findings suggest that a discernible approximative pattern exists in the acquisition of ESL semantics, with the differentiation of certain words acquired before the differentiation of…
Descriptors: College Students, Control Groups, English (Second Language), Experimental Groups