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Contextual Word Learning in the First and Second Language: Definition Placement and Inference Error Effects on Declarative and Nondeclarative Knowledge
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Elgort, Irina; Beliaeva, Natalia; Boers, Frank – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2020
Access to definitions facilitates the learning of word meanings when novel words are encountered in reading. However, the memorial costs and benefits of inferring word meanings from context, compared to seeing definitions of unfamiliar words before reading, are not yet well understood. We conducted two experiments with adult L1 (English) and L2…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Task Analysis, Inferences, Recall (Psychology)
The Syntax-Semantics of Adjectival Distribution in Adult Polish-Spanish Childhood Bilinguals
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Judy, Tiffany – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2018
The present study examines potential age and microparametric effects in childhood bilinguals (currently adults) in an understudied language pairing, Polish-Spanish. Specifically, a Spanish group (N = 28) and a Sequential child bilingual (N = 22) and a Simultaneous bilingual (N = 8) group living in Misiones, Argentina, completed three experimental…
Descriptors: Syntax, Semantics, Bilingualism, Polish
The Effects of Corrective Feedback on Instructed L2 Speech Perception
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Lee, Andrew H.; Lyster, Roy – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2016
To what extent do second language (L2) learners benefit from instruction that includes corrective feedback (CF) on L2 speech perception? This article addresses this question by reporting the results of a classroom-based experimental study conducted with 32 young adult Korean learners of English. An instruction-only group and an instruction + CF…
Descriptors: Error Correction, Feedback (Response), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Testing the Fundamental Difference Hypothesis: L2 Adult, L2 Child, and L1 Child Comparisons in the Acquisition of Korean "Wh"-Constructions with Negative Polarity Items
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Song, Hyang Suk; Schwartz, Bonnie D. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2009
The fundamental difference hypothesis (FDH; Bley-Vroman, 1989, 1990) contends that the nature of language in natives is fundamentally different from the nature of language in adult nonnatives. This study tests the FDH in two ways: (a) via second language (L2) poverty-of-the-stimulus (POS) problems (e.g., Schwartz & Sprouse, 2000) and (b) via a…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Word Order, Language Acquisition, Linguistic Theory
Auditory Memory and Perception in Younger and Older Adult Second Language Learners.
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Scott, Mary Lee – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1994
This study compared 112 younger and older adult monolingual English speakers and English/Spanish bilingual speakers on measures of auditory perception and memory span. The results revealed no age difference in auditory memory span in English but found that both older and younger bilinguals performed better than monolinguals on these tasks.…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Auditory Perception, Bilingualism
Japanese Adult Learners' Development of the Locality Condition on English Reflexives.
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Akiyama, Yasuhiro – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2002
Explores the developmental patterns observed when Japanese adult learners acquire the locality condition on English reflexives. Experimental tasks were designed specifically to deal with the methodological problems of earlier research and then administered to Japanese learners of English at five proficiency levels as well as English and Japanese…
Descriptors: Adults, English (Second Language), High School Students, High Schools