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Immonen, Katja; Peltola, Kimmo U.; Tamminen, Henna; Alku, Paavo; Peltola, Maija S. – Second Language Research, 2023
Children are known to be fast learners due to their neural plasticity. Learning a non-native language (L2) requires the mastering of new production patterns. In classroom settings, learners are not only exposed to the acoustic input, but also to the unfamiliar grapheme-phoneme correspondences of the L2 orthography. We tested how 9-10-year-old…
Descriptors: Written Language, Second Language Learning, Acoustics, Linguistic Input
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Shea, Christine E.; Curtin, Suzanne – Second Language Research, 2011
In this study we examined the effect of language experience on the production of second language (L2) allophones. We analysed production data of the Spanish stop-approximant alternation (b d g [similar to] [beta] [delta] [gamma]) from Low Intermediate and High Intermediate level native English/Spanish L2 speakers and five native Mexican Spanish…
Descriptors: Cues, Native Speakers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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van de Craats, Ineke; van Hout, Roeland – Second Language Research, 2010
This study examines an interlanguage in which Moroccan learners of Dutch use non-thematic verbs in combination with thematic verbs that can be inflected as well. These non-thematic verbs are real dummy auxiliaries because they are deprived of semantic content and primarily have a syntactic function. Whereas in earlier second language (L2) research…
Descriptors: Interlanguage, Language Usage, Syntax, Language Research