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The Interface of Explicit and Implicit Knowledge in a Second Language: Insights from Individual Differences in Cognitive Aptitudes
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Suzuki, Yuichi; DeKeyser, Robert – Language Learning, 2017
Recent research has called for the use of fine-grained measures that distinguish implicit knowledge from automatized explicit knowledge. In the current study, such measures were used to determine how the two systems interact in a naturalistic second language (L2) acquisition context. One hundred advanced L2 speakers of Japanese living in Japan…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Individual Differences, Short Term Memory, Phonology
Self-Consciousness and Assertiveness as Explanatory Variables of L2 Oral Ability: A Latent Variable Approach
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Ockey, Gary – Language Learning, 2011
Drawing on current theories in personality, second-language (L2) oral ability, and psychometrics, this study investigates the extent to which self-consciousness and assertiveness are explanatory variables of L2 oral ability. Three hundred sixty first-year Japanese university students who were studying English as a foreign language participated in…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Assertiveness, Personality, Statistical Analysis
Eliciting Speech Act Data in Japanese: The Effect of Questionnaire Type.
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Rose, Kenneth R.; Ono, Reiko – Language Learning, 1995
Presents a study of methodological validation in speech act research. Discourse-Completion tests (DCTs) and multiple-choice questionnaires (MCQs) designed to elicit requests were administered to two groups of Japanese female undergraduates. Significant differences were found in most situations, with those students completing the MCQ choosing to…
Descriptors: College Students, Females, Foreign Countries, Japanese
The Subskills of Reading: Rule-Space Analysis of a Multiple-Choice Test of Second Language Reading Comprehension.
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Buck, Gary; Tatsuoka, Kumi; Kostin, Irene – Language Learning, 1997
Used the rule-space methodology to analyze performance on a multiple-choice reading comprehension test by students of English as a Second Language in Japan in an international business setting. Findings indicate that the rule-space methodology can explain performance on complex verbal tasks, such as reading tests, and provide diagnostic scores to…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, International Trade
Relationships among Second Language Proficiency, Foreign Language Aptitude, and Intelligence: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach.
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Sasaki, Miyuki – Language Learning, 1993
Investigates relationships among measures of second-language proficiency (SLP), foreign-language aptitude, verbal intelligence and reasoning in 160 Japanese college students studying English. The factor analysis of several different SLP test scores was examined, and the relationship between a general SLP factor and a hypothetical general cognitive…
Descriptors: College Students, English (Second Language), Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries
Classroom Interaction, Comprehension, and the Acquisition of L2 Word Meanings.
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Ellis, Rod; And Others – Language Learning, 1994
Two studies investigated the effects of modified interaction on comprehension and vocabulary acquisition among Japanese high school students learning English as a Second Language. The studies found that interactionally modified input resulted in better comprehension and the acquisition of more new words than premodified input. (MDM)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, High School Students