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Direct linkGaillard, Stéphanie; Tremblay, Annie – Language Learning, 2016
This study investigated the elicited imitation task (EIT) as a tool for measuring linguistic proficiency in a second/foreign (L2) language, focusing on French. Nonnative French speakers (n = 94) and native French speakers (n = 6) completed an EIT that included 50 sentences varying in length and complexity. Three raters evaluated productions on…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Cloze Procedure, Questionnaires, Language Tests
van der Hoeven, Nienke; de Bot, Kees – Language Learning, 2012
This article reports on a study on learning new and relearning forgotten words of French as a foreign language in young (mean age 22.4), middle-aged (mean age 50.3), and elderly speakers (mean age 76.0). The three age groups performed similarly on relearning old words, but the younger learners were significantly better at learning new words. Data…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Age Differences, Short Term Memory, French
Dörnyei, Zoltán; Chan, Letty – Language Learning, 2013
Recent theorizing on second language (L2) motivation has proposed viewing motivation as a function of the language learners' vision of their desired future language selves. This would suggest that the intensity of motivation is partly dependent on the learners' capability to generate mental imagery. In order to test this hypothesis, this study…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Questionnaires, Surveys, Mandarin Chinese
