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Zhang, Jie; Lu, Xiaofei – Modern Language Journal, 2013
This study examined variability in Chinese as a Foreign Language (CFL) learners' development of the Chinese numeral classifier system from a dynamic systems approach. Our data consisted of a longitudinal corpus of 657 essays written by CFL learners at lower and higher intermediate levels and a corpus of 100 essays written by native speakers (NSs)…
Descriptors: Chinese, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Longitudinal Studies
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Thorson, Helga – Modern Language Journal, 2000
Focuses on whether university students studying a foreign language at an American university use the same processes and writing strategies in foreign language and first language writing in two different genres (letter and article). Using a computerized tracking device, individual writing sessions were analyzed through statistical techniques and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Computational Linguistics