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Coumel, Marion; Ushioda, Ema; Messenger, Katherine – Language Learning, 2023
We examined whether input modality and individual differences in attention and motivation influence second language (L2) learning via syntactic priming. In an online study, we compared the primed production of English passives by 235 L2 and native English speakers in reading-to-writing versus listening-to-writing conditions. We measured immediate…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Syntax, Priming, Attention
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van der Ven, Frauke; Takashima, Atsuko; Segers, Eliane; Verhoeven, Ludo – Language Learning, 2017
Research in adults has shown that novel words are encoded rather swiftly but that their semantic integration occurs more slowly and that studying definitions presented in a written modality may benefit integration. It is unclear, however, how semantic integration proceeds in children, who (compared to adults) have more malleable brains and less…
Descriptors: Indo European Languages, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension), Oral Language, Written Language