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Language Learning among STEM Students: Motivational Profile and Attitudes of Undergraduates in a UK Institution
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González-Becerra, Iria – Language Learning Journal, 2019
This cross-sectional study provides a language learning motivational profile of undergraduates from science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) degrees taking language IWLP courses (language options open to all undergraduates) in a UK institution. Trends were generated through a questionnaire (363 participants) using self-determination…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Second Language Learning, Case Studies, Undergraduate Students
Processing Modifier-Head Agreement in L1 and L2 Finnish: An Eye-Tracking Study
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Vainio, Seppo; Pajunen, Anneli; Hyönä, Jukka – Second Language Research, 2016
This study investigated the effect of first language (L1) on the reading of modifier-head case agreement in second language (L2) Finnish by native Russian and Chinese speakers. Russian is similar to Finnish in that both languages use case endings to mark grammatical roles, whereas such markings are absent in Chinese. The critical nouns were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Russian, Chinese, Foreign Students
Heritage and Second Language Learners: Different Perspectives on Language Learning
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O'Rourke, Polly; Zhou, Qian – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2018
The current study examines the attitudes of heritage language learners (HLLs) and second language learners (SLLs) about their classroom language learning experiences and language learning in general, using data from high school students who participated in STARTALK summer language study programs in 2014 and 2015. Analysis of students' responses to…
Descriptors: Heritage Education, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Student Attitudes
Variation in Subject Pronominal Expression in L2 Chinese
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Li, Xiaoshi – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2014
This study investigates subject pronominal expression in second language Chinese and compares learner usage with patterns found in their first language. The results show that (a) overt pronouns are used more for singular, +animate subjects than plural, -animate ones; (b) switch in subject surface form favors overt pronouns; (c) English and Russian…
Descriptors: Chinese, Second Languages, Language Patterns, Language Usage
Variation in Second Language Learners' Strategies among Non-Native English Speakers from Three Language/Culture Backgrounds
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Ebsworth, Miriam Eisenstein; Tang, Frank Lixing; Razavi, Nikta; Aiello, Jacqueline – Applied Language Learning, 2014
This study explored the effects of cultural and linguistic background, L2 proficiency, and gender on language learning strategies for 263 college-level learners from Chinese, Russian, and Latino backgrounds. Data based on the SILL (Oxford, 2001) revealed that Russian students used significantly more strategies than the Chinese students in three…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Learning Strategies, Hispanic American Students, Russian
Acquiring the English Article System: A Cross-Linguistic Interlanguage Analysis.
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Master, Peter – 1988
A study examined second language article acquisition by analyzing the spoken interlanguage of speakers of five different native languages, three with no article system (Chinese, Japanese, and Russian) and two with article systems (Spanish and German). Informal interviews of four speakers of each language at successive levels of interlanguage…
Descriptors: Chinese, Comparative Analysis, Determiners (Languages), English (Second Language)