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The Effects of Textual Enhancement on the Acquisition of Two Nonparallel Grammatical Features by Spanish-Speaking Learners of Italian
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Putta, Paolo Della – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2016
This article investigates the learning of two syntactic structures in Italian--Pre-possessive Determiner Article (PPDA) and Differential Object Marking--that each pose specific learning difficulties for Spanish-speaking learners of Italian (SSLI), resulting from the asymmetrical relationship with corresponding structures in the learners' L1…
Descriptors: Grammar, Second Language Learning, Spanish Speaking, Italian
Explicit Instruction, Bilingualism, and the Older Adult Learner
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Cox, Jessica G. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2017
Little is known about older adult language learners and effects of aging on L2 learning. This study investigated learning in older age through interactions of learner-internal and -external variables; specifically, late-learned L2 (bilingualism) and provision of grammar explanation (explicit instruction, EI). Forty-three older adults (age 60+) who…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Bilingualism
Attentional Processing of Input in Explicit and Implicit Conditions: An Eye-Tracking Study
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Indrarathne, Bimali; Kormos, Judit – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2017
In this study we examined language learners' attentional processing of a target syntactic construction in written L2 input in different input conditions, the change in learners' knowledge of the targeted construction in these conditions, and the relationship between the change in knowledge and attentional processing. One hundred L2 learners of…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Second Language Learning, Grammar, Attention
Variability in Second Language Learning: The Roles of Individual Differences, Learning Conditions, and Linguistic Complexity
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Tagarelli, Kaitlyn M.; Ruiz, Simón; Vega, José Luis Moreno; Rebuschat, Patrick – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2016
Second language learning outcomes are highly variable, due to a variety of factors, including individual differences, exposure conditions, and linguistic complexity. However, exactly how these factors interact to influence language learning is unknown. This article examines the relationship between these three variables in language learners.…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Individual Differences, Correlation, Native Speakers
Developmental Issues in Interlanguage Pragmatics.
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Kasper, Gabriele; Schmidt, Richard – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1996
Profiles interlanguage pragmatics as an area of inquiry in second-language acquisition (SLA) research by reviewing existing studies with a focus on learning, examining research findings in interlanguage pragmatics shedding light on basic questions in SLA, exploring cognitive and social-psychological theories illuminating aspects of pragmatic…
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Development, Cross Sectional Studies, Developmental Stages
Receptive and Productive Vocabulary Learning: The Effects of Reading and Writing on Word Knowledge
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Webb, Stuart – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2005
This study investigates the effects of receptive and productive vocabulary learning on word knowledge. Japanese students studying English as a foreign language learned target words in three glossed sentences and in a sentence production task in two experiments. Five aspects of vocabulary knowledge--orthography, syntax, association, grammatical…
Descriptors: Receptive Language, Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning