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Otwinowska, Agnieszka; Szewczyk, Jakub M. – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2019
In this study we explored factors that determine the knowledge of L2 words with orthographic neighbours in L1 (cognates and false cognates). We asked 150 Polish learners of English to translate 105 English non-cognate words, cognates, and false-cognates into Polish, and to assess the confidence of each translation. Confidence ratings allows us to…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Native Language, Second Language Learning, Language Acquisition
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Baran-Lucarz, Malgorzata – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2012
The paper reports on a study designed to examine the relationship between the thickness of ego boundaries and attainments in FL pronunciation after a clearly structured form-focused practical course of phonetics. The research involved 45 first-year students of the Institute of English Studies in Wroclaw, Poland, who had attended around thirty…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Phonetics