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Direct linkAmenta, Simona; Badan, Linda; Brysbaert, Marc – Applied Linguistics, 2021
In language and second language acquisition research, it is important to have a measure for tracking the proficiency level of participants. Lexical competence is fundamental for communicative purposes in a given language, and vocabulary tests are a reliable measure to assess lexical proficiency. That is why vocabulary tests have a central role in…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Italian, Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development
Tomasuolo, Elena; Roccaforte, Maria; Di Fabio, Andrea – Applied Linguistics, 2019
The aim of this study was to investigate, using an eye-tracking tool, the processes behind the exploration of written texts performed by deaf people with different language skills and different educational backgrounds. Our sample comprised 36 deaf participants (12 of whom use Italian sign language most of the time, 12 who use Italian only, and 12…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Deafness, Italian, Sign Language
De Fina, Anna; Paternostro, Giuseppe; Amoruso, Marcello – Applied Linguistics, 2020
In this article, we discuss the discursive processes that surround storytelling of traumatic experiences in the case of minor asylum seekers involved in the recent migration flow to Italian ports. We argue that in order to understand not only how traumatic experiences are told but also how they are overcome, it is necessary to focus on the…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Trauma, Refugees, Children
Romano, Francesco – Applied Linguistics, 2021
Conversely to plenty of studies describing how L1 transfer affects L2 systems, where the two grammars, L1/L2, often only come to interact later in life, less is known of dominant language transfer in heritage language grammars. Unlike in L2 speakers, the dominant language of the heritage speaker potentially affects its weaker language already from…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, Transfer of Training, Grammar
Pallotti, Gabriele – Applied Linguistics, 2019
This article is a conceptual and methodological exploration of a new construct, task interactional difficulty, and of a possible approach to assessing task demands in general. After arguing for the use of 'task difficulty' instead of 'task complexity', the notion of task interactional difficulty is analyzed, first by reviewing previous SLA…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Difficulty Level, Second Language Learning, Native Speakers
Milicevic, Maja; Kraš, Tihana – Applied Linguistics, 2017
This article reports on the findings of an empirical study that relates translation studies and research on language acquisition/attrition by looking at the interpretation of overt pronominal subjects, previously found to be problematic in both domains. The focus is on the resolution of intra-sentential anaphora and cataphora in Italian by two…
Descriptors: Translation, Second Language Learning, Control Groups, Second Languages
