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Direct linkHalenko, Nicola; Economidou-Kogetsidis, Maria – Language Learning Journal, 2022
Studies that have measured pragmatic fluency in the form of planning time and speech rate, as indicators of processing ability, have confirmed that learners' processing ability and pragmatic knowledge are independent from each other. The present study is a longitudinal, developmental investigation which investigates whether the study abroad stay…
Descriptors: Japanese, Pragmatics, Language Fluency, Study Abroad
Download full textXu, Wei; Case. Rod E.; Williams, Gwendolyn M. – TESOL International Journal, 2017
This study investigates pragmatic development among Chinese EFL learners, with reference to accuracy improvement in grammar. Sixty college students in mainland China were pre- and post-tested on their pragmatic and grammatical comprehension and production over one academic year. Their test results were compared with those of 14 native English…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Grammar, Pragmatics, English (Second Language)
Faretta-Stutenberg, Mandy; Morgan-Short, Kara – Second Language Research, 2018
In order to understand variability in second language (L2) acquisition, this study addressed how individual differences in cognitive abilities may contribute to development for learners in different contexts. Specifically, we report the results of two short-term longitudinal studies aimed at examining the role of cognitive abilities in accounting…
Descriptors: Correlation, Individual Differences, Cognitive Ability, Study Abroad
Nushi, Musa – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2016
Han's (2009, 2013) selective fossilization hypothesis (SFH) claims that L1 markedness and L2 input robustness determine the fossilizability (and learnability) of an L2 feature. To test the validity of the model, a pseudo-longitudinal study was designed in which the errors in the argumentative essays of 52 Iranian EFL learners were identified and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Huter, Kirsten Ina – 1997
This study investigated the process of acquisition of syntax in Japanese as a second language (JSL) in five university students over a period of 3 years. The report begins with an overview of Japanese syntax and an explanatory model of second language learning based on human information processing. Four phases of JSL learning with 16 sub-stages…
Descriptors: College Students, Foreign Countries, Grammar, Higher Education
Chamot, Anna Uhl; And Others – 1988
Part of a larger research project, this longitudinal study analyzed differences between effective and ineffective high school and college language learners and changes in strategy uses over time. Related studies include a descriptive study, which identified learning strategies used in studying foreign languages, and a course development study, in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Chamot, Anna Uhl; And Others – 1988
The range and characteristics of learning strategies used in studying foreign languages were studied in a 3-year project involving 67 high school students of Spanish and 34 college students of Russian. This final report reviews second language acquisition theory and learning strategies, research in learning strategies, and a cognitive model of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Comparative Analysis, High School Students
