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Hall, Joan Kelly – Modern Language Journal, 2022
Evidence from usage-based studies of second language (L2) acquisition reveals that a main source of L2 learners' developing grammars is the L2 input to which learners are regularly exposed. What learners develop from their extended engagement in the sequences of actions comprising the input is not an acontextual system of grammatical units but…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Grammar, Information Seeking, Language Usage
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Mabel L. Rice; Kathleen Kelsey Earnest; Lesa Hoffman – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2023
Purpose: Identification of children with specific language impairment (SLI) can be difficult even though their language can lag that of age peers throughout childhood. A clinical grammar marker featuring tense marking in simple clauses is valid and reliable for young children but is limited by ceiling effects around the age of 8 years. This study…
Descriptors: Morphemes, Difficulty Level, Language Impairments, Children
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Julien, Manuela; van Hout, Roeland; van de Craats, Ineke – Second Language Research, 2016
This article presents the results of experimental data on language production and comprehension. These show that adult learners of Dutch as an additional language, with different language backgrounds, and a L2 proficiency below level A2 (Waystage) of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR; Council of Europe, 2001), use…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Second Language Learning, Indo European Languages, Language Proficiency