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Showing 1 to 20 of 47 for “"L2 learning"”.
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Focus on form from the inside : the significance of grammatical sensitivity for L2 learning in communicative ESL classrooms
… learners at an advantage in second language (L2) learning? Early research on aptitude (Carroll, 1962) established the significance of grammatical sensitivity when learners are in structure-based instructional settings. This study addressed the question of whether grammatical sensitivity is …
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What makes a flourishing language self? A positive psychology perspective on LOTE learners’ language learning motivation
Informed by Dörnyei’s (2009) L2 Motivational Self System and Seligman’s (2011) PERMA model, this PhD research investigates Chinese learners’ motivation to learn a language other than English (LOTE) from a positive psychology perspective (PP). Three overarching research aims were adopted as follows: …
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Oral and writing strategies in French second language learning: An action research study
… extensive research conducted on second language (L2) learning over the years, there is no emerging distinct choice of L2 learning approach or strategy that single-handedly facilitates beginning second language learning. Research that seek to find out how beginning L2 learning is best facilitated …
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Modified output in response to clarification requests and second language
Modified output, second language (L2) learners' reformulation of their own utterances, has been attracting researchers' interest as an important component of learner interactions, and as a manifestation of interlanguage development and psycholinguistic processing. The output hypothesis (Swain, …
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The role of the first language in second language learning for adult learners : a Vygotskian perspective
… is to provide a view of the second language learning process, in which the first language (LI) was used for second language learning (L2). Through data collected in authentic classrooms from two groups of learners, Level One and Level Two, it is hoped that the present study will provide …
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A sociolinguistic study of the effects of ethnocentrism and cultural traits on proficiency of Japanese speakers of English
The poor outcome of ESL learning in Japan has been acknowledged by both foreign and Japanese linguists and ESL teachers for nearly a century. Attitudinal and affective factors such as ethnocentrism, Japanese cultural traits, and values and beliefs expressed through modern myths were conjectured by …
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Japanese University Students’ L2 Communication Frequency in Positive Classroom Climate
… university students (male = 226, female = 213) learning English in Japan. Based on Wen and Clément’s (2003) theory of L2 WTC, I replicated Peng and Woodrow’s (2010) structural path model using the variables of state L2 communicative confidence, L2 learning motivation, positive classroom climate, …
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Cognitive Styles, Working Styles on Computers and Second Language Learning
… editing and listening), and second language (L2) learning.
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Learner-generated focus on lexical form during task-based interaction
… communication may facilitate second language (L2) learning (Long, 1991; Long & Robinson, 1998). Empirical studies have found that focus on form through implicit negative feedback has a favorable effect on learners' L2 development (Doughty & Varela, 1998; Mackey & Philp, 1998). Additional …
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The Aptitude Domain: A Componential Analysis of Learner Aptitude in Second Language Acquisition
… is influenced by prior experiences in learning a second language, which would eliminate it as a 'rigid' component of aptitude. It is predicted that results will show a significant correlation between grammatical sensitivity and amount of L2 learning experience.</p> <p>Based on previous …
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Investment in and use of English: a case study of Egyptian Twitter users
… with opportunities for language practice and learning. In the literature, there has been a consensus towards the usefulness of SNS tools in language learning and practice (Reinhardt, 2019). On the other hand, coined in the 90s by Bonny Norton, investment has been a growing concept in SLA. …
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Shyness and EFL learning in Taiwan : a study of shy and non-shy college students' use of strategies, foreign language anxiety, motivation, and willingness to communicate
… socially fit. Among the variables that influence L2 strategy choice and use, personality type and motivation are two critical predictors, whereas foreign language anxiety and willingness to communicate often influence learners' performance in L2 communication. This study examined the …
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English Immersion of Middle and High School Korean Students: Linguistic and cultural Experience of Relocation to the Southwest United States
… cases: emotional experiences; complexity of L2 learning and development; and social and cultural experiences in the classroom. When these Korean students relocated to the US, the role and influence of environment played a crucial role in their emotional and mental development and also in …
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Development of English as a Second Language in the Context of Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing Games
… games (MMOGs) for second language (L2) development. It comprises three self-contained but related studies. The first study, as a scoping review, synthesized 32 empirical papers, which investigated different aspects of L2 development in the context of these games. It sought to find …
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An Online Learning Platform for English as a second language for young deaf Indian Sign Language users: usage patterns and user engagement
This study examines the learning of written English as a second language by young deaf Indian adults on an English Learning Platform. The overriding concern in deaf education has always, of necessity, been basic literacy (Carlson, 1996; Wilbur, 2000). In this study, deaf students in India have been …
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L1 Transfer in the L2 Acquisition and Processing of the English Genitive Alternation: Combining Learner Corpus and Psycholinguistic Methodologies
… This domain is known to cause problems in L2 learning, which may be attributed to many factors, including: (a) the relative similarity of the target structure to an equivalent structure in the learner’s L1 (surface overlap); (b) the derivational complexity of the target structure itself; …
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Acquisition of inverse scope by L1-Mandarin L2-English learners
In second language (L2) learning scenarios in which learners have to learn a linguistic phenomenon that exists in the L2 but is absent in the L1, input informing learners that the phenomenon exists in the L2 is crucial for learning. The effects regarding the form in which the input is delivered to …
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ENGLISH READING ABILITY IN YOUNG DEAF SIGNERS AN INVESTIGATION OF SENTENCE COMPREHENSION
… proficiency in LI provided a foundation for L2 learning as predicted by Cummins’ developmental interdependence hypothesis. Skilled signers outperformed unskilled signers on all sentence types. Error analysis indicated greater word recognition difficulties in unskilled signers. Syntactic …
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School-based writing in bidialectal settings and the challenges facing immigrant pupils
… the register in question in a second language (L2) and a second dialect (D2) respectively. While the linguistic challenges facing immigrant and dialectal pupils have been extensively researched, those facing learners lying at the intersection of immigrant and dialectal pupils have not as yet …
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The Influence of Age, Experience and Native -Language Phonology on Second-Language Speech Perception and Production
… judgments of cross-language similarity predict L2 perception/production abilities for children and adults alike, in Experiments 2 and 3 both the beginning and advanced Korean-English bilinguals performed English vowel discrimination and production tasks. Results indicated that judgments of …
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