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Metalinguistic Knowledge and Cognitive Style in Polish Classroom Learners of English
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Zietek, Agnieszka A.; Roehr, Karen – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2011
In this exploratory study, we investigated the relationship between level of English metalinguistic knowledge, or explicit knowledge about the English language, and cognitive style on the wholist/analytic dimension in an intact group of young adult Polish learners of English as a foreign language. Contrary to expectation, metalinguistic knowledge…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cognitive Style, Metalinguistics, Young Adults
Explicit Knowledge and Learning in SLA: A Cognitive Linguistics Perspective
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Roehr, Karen – AILA Review, 2010
SLA researchers agree that explicit knowledge and learning play an important role in adult L2 development. In the field of cognitive linguistics, it has been proposed that implicit and explicit knowledge differ in terms of their internal category structure and the processing mechanisms that operate on their representation in the human mind. It has…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, Grammar, Oral Language, Second Language Learning
Metalinguistic Knowledge and Language Ability in University-Level L2 Learners
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Roehr, Karen – Applied Linguistics, 2008
Existing research indicates that instructed learners' L2 proficiency and their metalinguistic knowledge are moderately correlated. However, the operationalization of the construct of metalinguistic knowledge has varied somewhat across studies. Metalinguistic knowledge has typically been operationalized as learners' ability to correct, describe,…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, Second Language Learning, Factor Analysis, Language Aptitude