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Koornneef, Arnout; Mulders, Iris – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2017
In an eye-tracking experiment we examined the risky reading hypothesis, in which long saccades and many regressions are considered to be indicative of a proactive reading style (Rayner et al. in "Psychol Aging" 21(3):448, 2006; "Psychol Aging" 24(3):755, 2009). We did so by presenting short texts--that confirmed or disconfirmed…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Reading Processes, Risk, Profiles
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Roberts, Leah; Liszka, Sarah Ann – Second Language Research, 2021
The results of a self-paced reading study with advanced German, Dutch and French second language (L2) learners of English showed that their online comprehension of early closure (EC) sentences which are initially misanalysed by native English speakers (e.g. "While John hunted the frightened rabbit escaped") was affected by whether or…
Descriptors: Grammar, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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de Zeeuw, Marlies; Schreuder, Rob; Verhoeven, Ludo – Language Learning, 2013
We investigated written word identification of regular and irregular past-tense verb forms by first (L1) and second language (L2) learners of Dutch in third and sixth grade. Using a lexical decision task, we measured speed and accuracy in the identification of regular and irregular past-tense verb forms by children from Turkish-speaking homes (L2…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Acquisition, Verbs, Morphemes