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Rebuschat, Patrick; Williams, John N. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2012
Language development is frequently characterized as a process where learning proceeds implicitly, that is, incidentally and in absence of awareness of what was learned. This article reports the results of two experiments that investigated whether second language acquisition can also result in implicit knowledge. Adult learners were trained on an…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Language Acquisition, Second Languages, Language Tests
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Bundgaard-Nielsen, Rikke L.; Best, Catherine T.; Tyler, Michael D. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2011
Adult second-language (L2) learners' perception of L2 phonetic segments is influenced by first-language phonological and phonetic properties. It was recently proposed that L2 vocabulary size in adult learners is related to changes in L2 perception (perceptual assimilation model), analogous to the emergence of first-language phonological function…
Descriptors: Phonetics, Vowels, Pronunciation, Adult Learning
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Hummel, Kirsten M. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2009
This study explores the relationship between aptitude, phonological memory (PM), and second language (L2) proficiency in nonnovice adult learners of English as an L2. Native speakers of French (N = 77) enrolled in a university Teaching English as a Second Language program were the participants in the study. Exploratory factor analysis revealed…
Descriptors: Second Languages, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Factor Analysis
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Juffs, Alan – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2006
The article by Clahsen and Felser (CF) on grammatical processing in language learning is a timely and much-needed synthesis of research on this topic. It correctly identifies both morphological processing and syntactic processing as key areas that require attention. This commentary raises two issues: the relationship between the grammar and the…
Descriptors: Grammar, Morphology (Languages), Syntax, Adult Learning
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Carroll, Susanne; And Others – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1992
The effects of feedback (explicit correction) on the learning of morphological generalizations were studied in 79 adult native speakers of English with varying levels of proficiency in French. Among the findings was that the learning of absolute exceptions was more likely among advanced learners. (69 references) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Applied Linguistics, Error Correction, Feedback
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MacWhinney, Brian – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1987
Describes the "Competition Model" (Bates and MacWhinney, 1982) dealing with second-language sentence processing by bilinguals and research that has further developed theories dealing with the model. (CB)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Bilingualism, Cognitive Mapping, Interlanguage
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Fernandez, Eva M. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2006
Understanding the mechanisms learners use to process target language input is crucial to developing a complete model of both first language (L1) and second language (L2) acquisition. If adult L2 learners are found to process the target language with mechanisms that differ from those used by child L1 learners and adult native speakers, what…
Descriptors: Evidence, Syntax, Second Languages, Adult Basic Education
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Flege, James Emil; Davidian, Richard D. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1984
Describes a study done to test the hypothesis that factors that shape children's production of their native language (L1) will also influence adults' pronunciation of sounds in a foreign language (L2). Results confirmed the hypothesis that developmental processes are "reactivated" when adults attempt to produce L2 sounds not found in their L1.…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Age Differences, Chinese, Comparative Analysis