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Distributional Learning of Speech Sounds: An Exploratory Study into the Effects of Prior Language Experience
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Chládková, Katerina; Šimácková, Šárka – Language Learning, 2021
Distributional learning is typically understood as (unattended) tracking of stimulus probabilities. Distributional training with speech yields mixed results and the influencing factors have not yet been fully investigated. This study explored whether prior linguistic experience could have an effect on distributional learning outcomes. Czech and…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Native Language, Greek, Slavic Languages
The Development of L2 Oral Language Skills in Two L1 Groups: A 7-Year Study
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Derwing, Tracey M.; Munro, Murray J. – Language Learning, 2013
Researching the longitudinal development of second language (L2) learners is essential to understanding influences on their success. This 7-year study of oral skills in adult immigrant learners of English as a second language evaluated comprehensibility, fluency, and accentedness in first-language (L1) Mandarin and Slavic language speakers. The…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Oral Language, Native Language, English (Second Language)
A Language without Borders: English Slang and Bulgarian Learners of English
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Charkova, Krassimira D. – Language Learning, 2007
This study investigated the acquisition of English slang in a foreign language context. The participants were 101 Bulgarian learners of English, 58 high school students, and 43 university students. The instrument included knowledge tests of English slang terms and questions about attitudes, sources, reasons, and methods employed in learning…
Descriptors: Slavic Languages, Discriminant Analysis, English (Second Language), High School Students