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Direct linkCox, Jessica G.; Lynch, Julianna M.; Mendes, Najee; Zhai, ChengCheng – Language Learning, 2019
An enduring question is whether language learning aptitude is a stable trait or is one influenced by experience, such as living with two languages. We investigated aptitude in bilinguals and treated their bilingual experience as an aggregate of variables, focusing on how individual differences in (a) language experience variables of proficiency,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Individual Differences, Language Proficiency, Age Differences
Dabrowska, Ewa – Language Learning, 2019
This study compares the performance of native speakers and adult second language (L2) learners on tasks tapping proficiency in grammar, vocabulary, and collocations. In addition, data were collected on several predictors of individual differences in linguistic attainment, including some related to language experience (print exposure, education,…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Native Speakers, Second Language Learning, Phrase Structure
Bowles, Anita R.; Chang, Charles B.; Karuzis, Valerie P. – Language Learning, 2016
Tone languages such as Mandarin use voice pitch to signal lexical contrasts, presenting a challenge for second/foreign language (L2) learners whose native languages do not use pitch in this manner. The present study examined components of an aptitude for mastering L2 lexical tone. Native English speakers with no previous tone language experience…
Descriptors: Intonation, Tone Languages, Mandarin Chinese, Transfer of Training
