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The Acquisition of English stops by Saudi L2 Learners
… of VOT of English, particularly by adult Saudi learners, and on the VOT of Saudi Arabic. The current study aims to fill these gaps. At the same time, we aimed to assess whether key claims of Flege's Speech Learning Model (SLM) were supported by this kind of data. 31 adult advanced Saudi learners …
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Processing of English relative clauses by adult L2 learners
… understanding of the characteristics of the L2 sentence processing mechanism deployed by adult L2 learners would provide valuable insights into this important human ability. The present dissertation is an attempt to draw a detailed picture of the L2 sentence processing mechanism by comparing …
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The verb movement parameter and adult L2 learners of Spanish
… study addresses the question of whether adult L2 learners of Spanish reset the V-movement parameter (Pollock, 1989) value from ($-$ raise) from their English L1 to (+ raise) in their L2. Numerous studies have addressed this question as it applies to L2 acquisition of French and English …
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An investigation of the reliability of L2 learners' grammaticality judgments
This thesis investigates the reliability of L2 learners' grammatical judgments of relative clause structures and how well their judgments support the construct validity of the Keenan & Comrie (19 77) accessibility hierarchy. The study was a replication with modifications of Gass (1994). The …
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Group planning among L2 learners of Italian: a conversation analytic perspective
… sessions, conducted by four groups of adult learners of Italian as a foreign language while preparing for a classroom presentation in their L2. In general terms, planning is defined as a goal-oriented activity that is carried out to prepare for the performance of a given task. Classical SLA …
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PAIR INTERACTION IN SPANISH LANGUAGE CLASSROOMS THAT ENROLL HERITAGE AND L2 LEARNERS
… writing tasks facilitate second language (L2) development by providing learners with opportunities to focus their attention on language and to collaborate in the solution of their language-related problems (e.g., Choi & Iwashita, 2016; Storch, 2013; Swain & Lapkin, 1998; Williams, 2012). …
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A corpus-based lexical and grammatical error identification: L2 learners academic writing
… never been an easy task to many second language (L2) learners. Many of them perform poorly in their English academic writing where numerous lexical and grammatical errors are found in their report. Therefore, this thesis investigates the difficulties faced by UTHM learners involved in academic …
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The Effectiveness of Implicit and Explicit Instruction on German L2 Learners’ Pronunciation
… instructional methods on second language (L2) learners’ grammatical accuracy. However, there is a scarcity of studies focused on the effects of the two teaching methods on L2 learners’ pronunciation. To fill this gap, the present thesis examines the effects of implicit and explicit …
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The Acquisition of Morphology Among Child L2 Learners of Spanish: Comparing Pedagogical Interventions
… in language acquisition investigates adult L2 and bilingual child learners as opposed to child L2 learners. While language acquisition presents one challenge for teachers of child L2 learners, a second challenge is how and to what extent to incorporate the instruction of culture. The purpose …
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The perception and production of palatal codas by Korean L2 learners of English
… the field of the acquisition of second language (L2) phonology is the role that speech perception plays in accurate speech production and whether, and if so, how, the speech perception and production systems are linked. Existing theories of L2 speech perception such as the Speech Learning Model …
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The effects of language instruction on L2 learners’ input processing and learning outcomes
… examining the effects of language acquisition on L2 learners’ attention allocation, input processing, and learning outcomes. First, this dissertation tests the Lexical Preference Principle proposed in VanPatten’s Input Processing Model (1993, 1996), which states that L2 learners are more likely to …
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Competition between V₂ of RVC and Verb-Final Le in L2 Learners' Mandarin Interlanguage
This study aims to explore how English-speaking learners of Chinese acquire Resultative Verb Compounds (RVC). The specific research questions are: Do learners think that change of state is achieved by using an RVC? Do learners assign resultative meaning to V₁-le uniformly or only in certain types …
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The perception and production of prominence in Spanish by heritage speakers and L2 learners
… most noticeable advantage over second language (L2) learners, their speech is nonetheless often perceived as accented by monolingual native speakers, which makes their speech unique in its own right. Thus, research on heritage language phonology is needed to gain a comprehensive understanding of …
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The production of Arabic vowels by English L2 learners and heritage speakers of Arabic
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A Comparison of Spanish Produced by Chinese L2 Learners and Native Speakers---an Acoustic Phonetics Approach
Chapter 6 summarizes the conclusions of the current study and points to some possible future studies.
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The Role of Focused Input on the Acquisition of Tense and *Aspect by L2 Learners of French
… the preterite or the imperfect. In other words, L2 representation was not affected. Overall results confirmed the leading role of lexical aspect on intermediate learners' use of tense and aspect. An important implication of this study is that the semantic complexity of the imperfect combined with …
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Binding Interpretations in Adult Bilingualism: A Study of Language Transfer in L2 Learners and Heritage Speakers of Korean
Two anaphors (caki and caki-casin) were investigated to test core vs. exempt binding of Korean. Two experiments were conducted --- one with Truth Value Judgment with stories, which tests core binding properties such as size of Governing Category (Manzini and Wexler 1987) and Sub-command (Tang …
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