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Malivuk, Kristina Vujnovic; Palmovic, Marijan; Zergollern-Miletic, Lovorka – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2018
The aim of this study was to explore automaticity of lexical access and executive functions of language learners and bilinguals while considering their language automaticity. Three groups of youths aged 14 to 18 were tested: Croatian-German early bilinguals, Croatian high school students who participated in a German immersion programme at school…
Descriptors: German, Serbocroatian, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Hawkes, Laura; Nassaji, Hossein – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2016
Most of the laboratory studies on recasts have examined the role of intensive recasts provided repeatedly on the same target structure. This is different from the original definition of recasts as the reformulation of learner errors as they occur naturally and spontaneously in the course of communicative interaction. Using a within-group research…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Error Correction
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Al-Hoorie, Ali H. – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2016
This paper reports the first investigation in the second language acquisition field assessing learners' implicit attitudes using the Implicit Association Test, a computerized reaction-time measure. Examination of the explicit and implicit attitudes of Arab learners of English (N = 365) showed that, particularly for males, implicit attitudes toward…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Individual Differences
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Neary-Sundquist, Colleen – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2014
This study investigates the use of pragmatic markers (PMs) by learners of English at varying proficiency levels. The study analyzes data from a university-level oral proficiency exam that categorized Chinese and Korean English-as-a-second-language (ESL) speakers into four proficiency levels and compares data with those of native speakers taking…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency