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Crossley, Scott A.; Skalicky, Stephen; Kyle, Kristopher; Monteiro, Katia – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2019
A number of longitudinal studies of L2 production have reported frequency effects wherein learners' produce more frequent words as a function of time. The current study investigated the spoken output of English L2 learners over a four-month period of time using both native and non-native English speaker frequency norms for both word types and word…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Longitudinal Studies, English (Second Language), Speech Communication
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Van der Slik, Frans W. P. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2010
This study reports on the impact of 11 West European first languages on the acquisition of Dutch. Using data from nearly 6,000 second-language learners, it was found that the mother tongue had a rather large impact on two language skills--namely, oral and written proficiency--as measured by the scores received by these learners on the State…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Multilingualism, Language Classification, Writing Skills