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L1 Influence on the Use of English Deictic Motion Verbs for Chinese EFL Learners and French EFL Learners
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Ziyan, Xu – English Language Teaching, 2013
Based on Sloin's (1996b) thinking for speaking approach, the study examines L1 influence on the use of English deictic Motion verbs for Chinese EFL learners and French EFL learners. The aim is to find out whether language learners will be influenced by the particular Thinking for Speaking acquired in L1 in the process of L2 acquisition. It is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Thinking-for-Speaking of Chinese EFL Learners in the Use of Additional Expressions of Manner in the Expression of Motion Events
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Ziyan, Xu – English Language Teaching, 2013
This study adopts Talmy's (1985, 1991, 2000) theory of linguistic typology and Slobin's (2003, 2004) hypothesis of Thinking-for-Speaking to investigate the use of additional expressions of Manner in the expression of Motion events by Chinese EFL learners in comparison with French EFL learners. The aim is to find out the Thinking-for-Speaking…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning