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Henry, Nick – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2023
This study investigates whether the use of prosodic cues during instruction facilitates the processing of German accusative case markers. Two groups of third semester L1 English learners of L2 German completed Processing Instruction (PI) with aural input: Learners in the PI+P group heard sentences that included focused prosodic cues; learners in…
Descriptors: Suprasegmentals, Cues, Morphology (Languages), Syntax
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Danielle Daidone; Ryan Lidster; Franziska Kruger – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2023
Our study proposes the use of a free classification task for investigating the dimensions used by listeners in their perception of nonnative sounds and for predicting the perceptual discriminability of nonnative contrasts. In a free classification task, participants freely group auditory stimuli based on their perceived similarity. The results can…
Descriptors: Classification, Pronunciation, Second Language Learning, Task Analysis
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Foltz, Anouschka – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2021
While monolingual speakers can use contrastive pitch accents to predict upcoming referents, bilingual speakers do not always use this cue predictively in their L2. The current study examines the role of recent exposure for predictive processing in native German (L1) second language learners of English (L2). In Experiment 1, participants followed…
Descriptors: Suprasegmentals, Intonation, Native Language, Second Language Learning
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Eguchi, Masaki; Suzuki, Shungo; Suzuki, Yuichi – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2022
This study investigated the constructs underlying second language (L2) word association (WA) with regard to three dimensions of lexical competence--size, organization, and accessibility--and the lexical performance of speech. One-hundred and thirteen Japanese learners of English completed a computer-delivered oral WA task along with three…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Associative Learning, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Wiener, Seth; Goss, Seth – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2019
This study examines second (L2) and third (L3) language learners' pitch perception. We test the hypothesis that a listener's discrimination of and sensitivity (d') to Japanese pitch accent reflects how pitch cues inform all words a listener knows in an additive, nonselective manner rather than how pitch cues inform words in a selective,…
Descriptors: Japanese, Phonology, Second Language Learning, Native Language
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Ito, Kiwako; Wong, Wynne – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2019
Two eye-tracking experiments tested (a) whether L2 learners benefit from the consistency of input modality (auditory instead of written processing instruction [PI] training) and (b) whether they benefit from training using the same voice as the test voice. Results confirmed a robust effect of PI training on picture-selection accuracy, yet the…
Descriptors: French, Teaching Methods, Eye Movements, Second Language Learning
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Baills, Florence; Suárez-González, Nerea; González-Fuente, Santiago; Prieto, Pilar – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2019
This study investigates the perception and production of a specific type of metaphoric gesture that mimics melody in speech, also called "pitch gesture," in the learning of L2 suprasegmental features. In a between-subjects design, a total of 106 participants with no previous knowledge of Chinese were asked to observe (Experiment 1) and…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Phonology
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Fitzpatrick, Tess; Izura, Cristina – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2011
Word association responses in first-language (L1) Spanish and second-language (L2) English were investigated by means of response latencies and types of associative response produced. The primary aims were to establish whether (a) some response types are produced more often or faster than others, (b) participants' L2 response time profiles mirror…
Descriptors: Priming, Cues, Reaction Time, Language Processing
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Gabriele, Alison – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2009
Previous studies have shown that it is particularly difficult for second language (L2) learners to overcome the effects of transfer when they need to unlearn specific aspects of the native language in the absence of explicit input that indicates which properties of the first language (L1) are ruled out by the L2 grammar (Inagaki, 2001;…
Descriptors: Cues, Semantics, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Rossomondo, Amy E. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2007
The present study utilizes traditional silent reading and a think-aloud procedure to investigate the role of lexical cues to meaning in the incidental acquisition of the Spanish future tense. A total of 161 beginning-level university students of Spanish participated in the study. Two versions of a reading passage that contained 13 target items…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Cues, Silent Reading, Grammar