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Direct linkBell, Nancy; Skalicky, Stephen; Salsbury, Tom – Language Learning, 2014
Humor and language play have been recognized as important aspects of second language (L2) development. Qualitative studies that have documented the forms and functions of language play for adult and child L2 users have taken place largely in classroom settings. In order to gain a fuller understanding of such creative manipulations by L2 users, it…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Case Studies, Second Language Learning, Language Usage
Kahng, Jimin – Language Learning, 2014
Although fluency constitutes an essential component of second language (L2) proficiency, there are mixed results and gaps in the literature on how L2 speakers' fluency differs from fluent speech production in a first language (L1). The research reported in this article investigated utterance fluency and cognitive fluency of L1 English…
Descriptors: Recall (Psychology), Language Processing, Language Proficiency, Language Fluency
Hu, Guangwei; Lei, Jun – Language Learning, 2012
This article reports on a mixed-methods study of Chinese university students' knowledge of and attitudes toward plagiarism in English academic writing. A sample of 270 undergraduates from two Chinese universities rated three short English passages under different conditions, provided open-ended responses to justify their ratings, and completed a…
Descriptors: Plagiarism, Measures (Individuals), English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Crossley, Scott; Salsbury, Tom; McNamara, Danielle – Language Learning, 2010
Spoken language data were collected from six adult second language (L2) English learners over a year-long period in order to explore the development of word polysemy and frequency use. The data were analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively. In the first analysis, the growth of WordNet polysemy values and CELEX word frequency values were…
Descriptors: Speech, English (Second Language), Oral Language, Second Language Learning
Toth, Paul D. – Language Learning, 2008
This study compares quantitative and qualitative results for task-based second language (L2) grammar instruction conducted as whole-class, teacher-led discourse (TLD) versus small-group, learner-led discourse (LLD). Participants included 78 English-speaking adults from six university classes of beginning L2 Spanish, with two assigned to each…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Grammar, English, Native Speakers
Peer reviewedLeow, Ronald P. – Language Learning, 1997
Examined the role of awareness in relation to R. W. Schmidt's noticing hypothesis in second language acquisition. The study analyzed the think-aloud protocols of adult learners of Spanish as a second language as they were completing a problem-solving task as well as their immediate performances on two post-exposure assessment tasks, a recognition…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
