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Direct linkJalil Fathi; Miroslaw Pawlak; S. Yahya Hejazi – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2024
Considering the undeniable importance of examining the role of domain- and skill-specific individual difference factors in second-language (L2) writing research, this study examined the possible roles of English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) learners' ideal L2 writing self and growth L2 writing mindset in their L2 writing grit, which may in turn…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Second Language Learning, Writing (Composition), Student Attitudes
Botezatu, Mona Roxana; Guo, Taomei; Kroll, Judith F.; Peterson, Sarah; Garcia, Dalia L. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2022
We evaluated external and internal sources of variation in second language (L2) and native language (L1) proficiency among college students. One hundred and twelve native-English L2 learners completed measures of L1 and L2 speaking proficiency, working memory, and cognitive control and provided self-ratings of language exposure and use. When…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Native Language
Christopher Nicklin; Allie Patterson; Stuart McLean – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2023
Proper nouns constitute a lexical class with special properties and are thus treated differently from other words by second language acquisition researchers. An assumption exists that even low-proficiency learners will find them unproblematic, yet research suggests this assumption might be misplaced. The present study involved two self-paced…
Descriptors: Nouns, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Reading Fluency
Rachael Lindberg; Kim McDonough; Pavel Trofimovich – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2023
Second language (L2) researchers have long acknowledged the role of language anxiety in communication processes, such that learners with greater language anxiety tend to be less willing to engage in communication. However, little research has explored links between L2 speakers' perceptions of conversation and dynamic measures of anxiety.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Language of Instruction, English
Tripp Strawbridge – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2023
This study utilizes social network analysis to characterize a typology of study abroad sojourner experience, detailing the relationship of social experience types to second language (L2) proficiency growth and study abroad program design. In contrast with previous research, the study performs a quantitative analysis of structural and compositional…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Student Experience, College Students, Second Language Learning
Li, Shaofeng; Qian, Jiancheng – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2021
This study investigates the validity of syntactic priming as a measure of implicit language aptitude. Syntactic priming refers to the tendency to reproduce a linguistic structure due to a previous exposure to the structure. The validity of the construct was verified by collating evidence for divergent validity--whether it is dissociable from…
Descriptors: Syntax, Priming, Language Aptitude, Construct Validity
Kuperman, Victor; Siegelman, Noam; Schroeder, Sascha; Acartürk, Cengiz; Alexeeva, Svetlana; Amenta, Simona; Bertram, Raymond; Bonandrini, Rolando; Brysbaert, Marc; Chernova, Daria; Da Fonseca, Sara Maria; Dirix, Nicolas; Duyck, Wouter; Fella, Argyro; Frost, Ram; Gattei, Carolina A.; Kalaitzi, Areti; Lõo, Kaidi; Marelli, Marco; Nisbet, Kelly; Papadopoulos, Timothy C.; Protopapas, Athanassios; Savo, Satu; Shalom, Diego E.; Slioussar, Natalia; Stein, Roni; Sui, Longjiao; Taboh, Analí; Tønnesen, Veronica; Usal, Kerem Alp – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2023
Research into second language (L2) reading is an exponentially growing field. Yet, it still has a relatively short supply of comparable, ecologically valid data from readers representing a variety of first languages (L1). This article addresses this need by presenting a new data resource called "MECO L2" (Multilingual Eye Movements…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Eye Movements, Reading Skills, College Students
McDonough, Kim; Lindberg, Rachael; Trofimovich, Pavel – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2022
This study examined whether university students perceive holds (i.e., a listener's temporary cessation of dynamic movement) as a visual cue of nonunderstanding. Conversations between English second language (L2) university students were sampled to extract episodes of other-initiated repair through open clarification requests (e.g.,…
Descriptors: College Students, Cues, Nonverbal Communication, English (Second Language)
Juli Cebrian; Núria Gavaldà; Celia Gorba; Angélica Carlet – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2024
High variability phonetic training using perceptual tasks such as identification and discrimination tasks has often been reported to improve L2 perception. However, studies comparing the efficacy of different tasks on different measures are rare. Forty-four Catalan/Spanish bilingual learners of English were trained with identification or…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Bilingual Education, Phonetics
Lee, Eun-Kyoung Rosa – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2020
The present study examined whether early immersive L2 exposure in a foreign language learning context can yield long-term advantages in L2 morpho-syntactic sensitivity. Participants were 40 Korean university students with high English proficiency, who had either attended an English kindergarten or begun learning English in a classroom, and a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Morphemes, Syntax
Khajavy, Gholam Hassan; MacIntyre, Peter D.; Hariri, Jamal – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2021
Learning a second/foreign language (L2) is a long process and L2 learners certainly will encounter setbacks and discouragements during this process. However, their reactions to these failures might be different based on their perceptions of L2 learning ability and their subsequent effort put into L2 learning. Based on this, the present study aimed…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Academic Persistence, Language Attitudes, Language Aptitude
van Maastricht, Lieke; Krahmer, Emiel; Swerts, Marc; Prieto, Pilar – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2019
This study examines the acquisition process of speech rhythm in Dutch learners of Spanish (DLS) and Spanish learners of Dutch (SLD) at different proficiency levels to determine whether learning direction affects the success of rhythm acquisition in a foreign language (L2). Analyses of lengthening effects showed that the two learner groups followed…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Spanish, Language Rhythm
Granena, Gisela – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2019
This study investigated the underlying structure of a set of eight cognitive tests from the two most recent language aptitude test batteries: the LLAMA (Meara, 2005) and the Hi-LAB (Linck et al., 2013) to see whether they had any underlying constructs in common. The study also examined whether any of the observed constructs could predict L2…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Intelligence Tests, Memory, Language Aptitude
Del Saz, María – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2019
Many college students set out on Study Abroad Programs to other countries in which the variant of the foreign language spoken in the region differs from the variant to which learners have been exposed. This study explores the perception of L2 Western Andalusian Spanish aspiration of word-final /s/ by L1 American English listeners, in relation to…
Descriptors: College Students, Study Abroad, Second Language Learning, Language Variation
Nakata, Tatsuya; Suzuki, Yuichi – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2019
Although researchers argue that studying semantically related words simultaneously (semantic clustering) inhibits vocabulary acquisition, recent studies have yielded inconsistent results. This study examined the effects of semantic clustering while addressing the limitations of previous studies (e.g., confounding of semantic relatedness with other…
Descriptors: Semantics, Vocabulary Development, Interference (Language), Learning Processes
