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Engagement Portraits and (Socio)linguistic Performance: A Transversal and Longitudinal Study of Advanced L2 Learners
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Mougeon, Françoise; Rehner, Katherine – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2015
This study considers, both transversally and longitudinally, advanced second language (L2) learners' profile portraits, how these correlate with their sociolinguistic and linguistic performance, and how changes in these portraits over time connect to changes in sociolinguistic performance. The results show a strong correlation between high degrees…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Sociolinguistics, Correlation
Mother and Other Tongue Influence on Learner French: A Case Study.
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Singleton, David – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1987
Examines perspectives on language transfer in the light of a body of data regarding a beginning learner of French whose native language was English but who also had some knowledge of Irish, Latin, and Spanish. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, English, Error Patterns, French
Analyzing Language Sequence in the Sequence of Language Acquisition.
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Ellis, Nick C. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1996
Responds to Major's (1996) and Ioup's (1996) criticism of this author's theory of language acquisition. The author agrees with both critics that abstract systems of phonology are acquired. He concludes that the proper study of language acquisition is to chart the course by which perceptual, motoric, and cognitive functions induce structure. (31…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Audiolingual Methods, Child Language, Constructivism (Learning)
Some Assumptions About Second Language Text Comprehension.
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Wolff, Dieter – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1987
Discusses a preliminary and sketchy hypothesis of second language comprehension based on empirical investigations into strategies and processes specific to second language comprehension. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Deep Structure, Language Processing
Input, Intake, and Retention: Effects of Increased Processing on Incidental Learning of Foreign Language Vocabulary.
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Watanabe, Yuichi – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1997
Investigated the effects of text modification and task on incidental learning of foreign-language vocabulary by reading. The study focuses on how different cue types and a task would affect processing of input, initial learning, and retention of the meaning of target words. Results indicate that single and multiple-choice marginal gloss conditions…
Descriptors: College Students, Directed Reading Activity, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
The Effects of L1 Orthography on L2 Word Recognition: A Study of American and Chinese Learners of Japanese.
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Chikamatsu, Nobuko – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1996
Examines the effects of a first-language orthographic system on second-language (L2) word recognition strategies. Lexical judgment tests using Japanese syllabic script were given to native English and native Chinese learners of Japanese. Results indicated that Chinese speakers relied more on visual information in L2 Japanese words, whereas the…
Descriptors: Auditory Stimuli, Chinese, College Students, Contrastive Linguistics
Developing Pragmatic Fluency in English As a Foreign Language.
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House, Juliane – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1996
Explores whether pragmatic fluency is best acquired by provision of input and opportunity for communicative practice alone, or whether learners profit more with additional explicit instruction in the use of conversational routines. The article hypothesized that such instruction raises learners' awareness of the functions and contextual…
Descriptors: College Students, Data Collection, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language)