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Macedonia, Manuela – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2014
This study investigates the role of perception and sensory motor learning on speech production in L2. Compared to natural language learning, acoustic input in formal adult instruction is deprived of multiple sensory motor cues and lacks the imitation component. Consequently, it is possible that inaccurate pronunciation results from training.…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, German, Sensory Integration, Perceptual Development
Hanzawa, Chiemi – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of the present study is to investigate similarities and differences in the listening behaviors of native speakers and learners of Japanese, focusing on the production of "aizuchi" and head nods. The term "aizuchi" is often interchangeably used with the word backchannel, and these are characterized as the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Listening Skills, Native Speakers, North American English
Gudmestad, Aarnes – Language Learning, 2012
This investigation connects issues in second language (L2) acquisition to topics in quantitative sociolinguistics by exploring the relationship between native-speaker (NS) and L2 variation. It is the first large-scale analysis of L2 mood use (the subjunctive-indicative contrast) in Spanish. It applies variationist findings on the range of…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Semantics, Interlanguage, English (Second Language)
Tessier, Anne-Michelle – Language Acquisition: A Journal of Developmental Linguistics, 2012
This article provides experimental evidence for the claim in Hayes (2004) and McCarthy (1998) that language learners are biased to assume that morphological paradigms should be phonologically-uniform--that is, that derived words should retain all the phonological properties of their bases. The evidence comes from an artificial language…
Descriptors: Test Items, Phonemes, Phonology, Artificial Languages
Yang, Pi-Lan; Shih, Su-Chin – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2013
Using a self-paced reading task, the study aimed to investigate (a) whether English learners in Taiwan immediately resolve main verb versus reduced relative clause ambiguities in a similar way as native English speakers and (b) whether the learners at various English proficiency levels show diverse profiles. With analyses and syntheses of reading…
Descriptors: Verbs, Phrase Structure, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
Michel, Marije C. – Modern Language Journal, 2013
The present study explores the use of conjunctions in simple versus complex argumentative tasks performed by second language (L2) learners as a specific measure for the amount of reasoning involved in task performance. The Cognition Hypothesis (Robinson, 2005) states that an increase in cognitive task complexity promotes improvements in L2…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Second Language Learning, Linguistic Performance, Language Usage
Hopp, Holger – Second Language Research, 2013
In order to identify the causes of inflectional variability in adult second-language (L2) acquisition, this study investigates lexical and syntactic aspects of gender processing in real-time L2 production and comprehension. Twenty advanced to near-native adult first language (L1) English speakers of L2 German and 20 native controls were tested in…
Descriptors: Grammar, Nouns, Language Processing, Second Language Learning
Alemi, Minoo; Tajeddin, Zia – TESL Canada Journal, 2013
Many studies have shed light on rater criteria for assessing the performance of language skills (e.g., Eckes, 2005). However, the interface between rater assessment and interlanguage pragmatics (ILP) has remained largely unnoticed. To address this interface, this study explored the ratings native (NES) and nonnative English speaking (NNES)…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Evaluation Criteria
Skehan, Peter; Foster, Pauline – Language Learning & Language Teaching (MS), 2012
This chapter will present a research synthesis of a series of studies, termed here the Ealing research. The studies use the same general framework to conceptualise tasks and task performance, enabling easier comparability. The different studies, although each is self-contained, build into a wider picture of task performance. The major point of…
Descriptors: Language Fluency, Linguistic Performance, Task Analysis, Guidelines
Crosson, Amy C.; Matsumura, Lindsay Clare; Correnti, Richard; Arlotta-Guerrero, Anna – Elementary School Journal, 2012
This study investigates the quality of the writing tasks assigned to native Spanish speakers in bilingual (Spanish-English) contexts, and the relationship between task quality and students' use of an academic register in their native language. Fifty-six language arts tasks were collected from 26 grade 4 and 5 teachers, and four student writing…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Grade 4, Grade 5, Elementary School Students
Fitzpatrick, Tess – Language Learning Journal, 2012
Empirical evidence suggests that the study abroad experience accelerates growth in global vocabulary knowledge. The exact nature of this growth is rarely reported, however, and there is little documented evidence to indicate whether it is linear or uneven, whether the speed of growth is constant or changing, or whether the study abroad context…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Native Speakers
Yanguas, Inigo; Lado, Beatriz – Foreign Language Annals, 2012
Critics argue that requiring subjects to verbalize their thoughts while completing certain language tasks increases the participants' cognitive load and impairs their final performance (e.g., Jourdenais, 2001). Despite the importance of this claim for language instructors, few studies have produced contradicting evidence after an empirical study…
Descriptors: Protocol Analysis, Spanish, Task Analysis, Second Language Learning
Rose, Marda – Foreign Language Annals, 2012
Previous research has shown that first language (L1) American English speakers discriminate the Spanish /[alveolar tap]/-/r/ and /[alveolar tap]/-/t/ contrasts significantly better than the /[alveolar tap]/-/d/ contrast, regardless of their proficiency level in Spanish (Rose, 2010a). Therefore, the current study follows the framework of the…
Descriptors: North American English, Spanish, Language Proficiency, Guidelines
Masouleh, Fatemeh Abdollahizadeh; Arjmandi, Masoumeh; Vahdany, Fereydoon – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2014
This study deals with the application of the pragmatics research to EFL teaching. The need for language learners to utilize a form of speech acts such as request which involves a series of strategies was significance of the study. Although defining different speech acts has been established since 1960s, recently there has been a shift towards…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Pinget, Anne-France; Bosker, Hans Rutger; Quené, Hugo; de Jong, Nivja H. – Language Testing, 2014
Oral fluency and foreign accent distinguish L2 from L1 speech production. In language testing practices, both fluency and accent are usually assessed by raters. This study investigates what exactly native raters of fluency and accent take into account when judging L2. Our aim is to explore the relationship between objectively measured temporal,…
Descriptors: Native Speakers, Language Fluency, Suprasegmentals, Second Language Learning