NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 4 results Save | Export
Testing for Proficiency Effects and Crosslinguistic Influence in L2 Processing: Filler-Gap Dependencies in L2 English by Jordanian-Arabic and Mandarin Speakers
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Alaa Al-Maani; Shayne Sloggett; Nino Grillo; Heather Marsden – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2024
This study expands on previous research into filler-gap dependency processing in second language (L2) English, by means of a replication of Canales's (2012) self-paced reading study. Canales, among others, found that advanced L2-English speakers exhibited the same processing behavior that Stowe (1986) found for native English processing: On…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Processing
Jordanian EFL Students' Perception of Noncontrastive Allophonic Cues in English Speech Segmentation
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Rabab'ah, Ghaleb; Kessar, Sara; Abusalim, Nimer – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2023
The prominent role of allophonic cues in English speech segmentation has widely been recognized by phonologists and psycholinguists. However, very meager inquiry was devoted to analysing the perception of these noncontrastive allophonic cues by Arab EFL learners. Accordingly, the present study is an attempt to examine the exploitation of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Psycholinguistics
Agrammatism in Jordanian-Arabic Speakers
Direct linkDirect link
Albustanji, Yusuf Mohammed – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Agrammatism is a frequent sequela of Broca's aphasia that manifests itself in omission and/or substitution of the grammatical morphemes in spontaneous and constrained speech. The hierarchical structure of syntactic trees has been proposed as an account for difficulty across grammatical morphemes (e.g., tense, agreement, and negation). Supporting…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Sentences
Metalinguistic Knowledge and Formal-Functional Proficiency in English: The Case of Basic Education Stage Learners in Jordan.
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Abdul-Fattah, Hussein S. – 1998
A study of Jordanian English-as-a-Second-Language learners examined their metalinguistic knowledge of 15 English grammatical concepts or categories via rule description and exemplification, and also explored the link between metalinguistic knowledge and proficiency in using those categories or their exponents in both formally and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Grade 10