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Showing 1 to 20 of 193 for “"Second Language (L2)"”.
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Second language (L2) French students' and instructors' experiences of critical literacies pedagogy: A mixed methods program evaluation
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2027-05-01
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The effects of illustration inclusion, placement, and type, and target language experience on foreign language learners' comprehension of text
Both first language (L1) and second language (L2) reading research have suggested that illustrations facilitate comprehension, though results have been disparate. Moreover, L2 research has been minimal and many variables shown to be important in the L1 literature have not been manipulated in L2 …
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Cognitive Styles, Working Styles on Computers and Second Language Learning
Using a population of English as a second language (ESL) adult students, this study observed relationships among the cognitive styles of Reflection/Impulsivity (R/I) and Field Independence (FI), working styles on computerized language lessons (interaction rate and errors, editing and listening), …
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The Effects of Attentional Focus, Presentation Mode, and Language Experience on Second Language Learners' Sentence Processing
… focus, presentation mode, and level of language experience on second language (L2) learners' processing of Object-Verb-Subject sentences in Spanish. The Competition Model and the first language sentence processing research that centers on it served as one source of insight into the …
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Phonological transfer in second language perception and production
… provides an account of how a speaker's first language (L1) influences his/her second language (L2) speech, an effect also known as cross-language transfer. The account of transfer proposed here relies on theoretical constructs and techniques from linguistics, psycholinguistics and, to a …
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The effects of simplification, linguistic item, and language experience on second language learners' attention to form contained in the input
… postulates that during the early stages of second language acquisition (SLA), constraints on adult second language (L2) learners' information processing mechanism are largely responsible for what is attended to in the input. Recently, some psycholinguistic studies have begun to investigate …
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A parameters approach to second language research: Testing a directionality prediction of the null subject parameter
… 1986) to predict what the influence of the first language (L1) is on the acquisition of linguistic competence in a second language (L2). Present linguistic theory claims that differences in languages can be captured by a small number of principles and parameters. Parameters are principles which …
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Language and Working Memory Capacity in Early Adulthood: Contributions From First and Second Language Proficiency
… of this project was to investigate the impact of language proficiency (represented in first and second language) on working memory capacity. A sample of 100 college students from Virginia Tech University completed an on-line survey, performed 2 computer-based working memory capacity tasks (the …
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L2 acquisition of Spanish telic se constructions
… of the Spanish se in transitive constructions by L2 learners of Spanish. Based on a parameterized distinction of the telic features in English and Spanish, this study investigates whether second language (L2) learners are able to reset the aspectual value of the English parameter to that of …
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The Role of Motivation in Second Language Pronunciation
… the phonological ability of exceptional second language (L2) learners of English and their levels of motivation. This study is the first of its kind to do a large-scale examination of L2 learners whose first languages (L1s) do not belong to the same Indo-European language family as …
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The workplace writing experiences of EAL (English as an Additional Language) professionals: five case studies
A review of the literature on English second language (L2) writing skills reveals a need for more research on the workplace writing experiences of L2 professionals employed in English as an Additional Language (EAL) contexts. Through a case study approach involving a semi-structured interview, a …
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Finanzamt and Termins in Hamburg
… sponta-neous speech, with a particular focus on second-language (L2) speakers of Ger-man. Drawing on multiple episodes of a podcast focused on life as a foreign woman in Germany featuring two multilingual speakers, the study examines instances where German lexical items or phrases are embedded …
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Formulaic language in speech fluency development in English as a second language
… is an investigation of the role of formulaic language in second language (L2) speech fluency development, within a cognitive and information processing framework. Fluency has been studied and defined in terms of temporal variables of speech such as rate of speech, pause frequency and …
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Gloss positioning for a gaze aware L2 reading aid
An important aspect of language learning is reading texts written in the learner’s second language (L2). However, reading can be a daunting task for language learners, as text may contain a large amount of unknown vocabulary. We developed a gaze-informed application that has the ability to augment …
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The Effectiveness of Implicit and Explicit Instruction on German L2 Learners’ Pronunciation
… implicit and explicit 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 …
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The influence of proficiency and age of acquisition on second language processing: An fMRI study of Mandarin-English bilinguals
Research investigating the neural correlates of second language (L2) processing has usually studied age of acquisition (AoA) and proficiency separately. Presently, we examined both in parallel, treated as continuous variables. We used fMRI to study neural activity for L2 processing in adult native …
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Development of a Framework for Teaching L2 English as a Situated Practice in Malawi
… strategies in the teaching of English as second language (L2) in Malawi. Using situated cognition theoretical construct as a basis, a framework for teaching L2 English as a situated practice was created. The development process was guided by views and practices of English methodology …
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Examining native and non-native establishment of dependencies in the online processing of coordinate phrase agreement in Spanish: An event-related potentials study
… native speakers of Spanish and English-speaking second language (L2) learners of Spanish. In Spanish, nouns are assigned a grammatical gender (masculine/feminine), and adjectives must agree with the noun in gender. The masculine gender is argued to be a morphological default or ‘elsewhere’ form. …
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Number matters: enhancing nominal number to facilitate subject-verb agreement
… of the sentence subject. It has been argued that second language (L2) learners are insensitive to agreement violations online when their native language (L1) does not instantiate agreement (Jiang et al., 2011). Other proposals argue that learners show variability towards agreement due to weak …
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Examining students' perspectives on the use of first language in community-based English as second language classrooms
… research investigates the perspectives on first language (L1) use by adult students of English as a second language (ESL) in three ESL community-based programs in Michigan, United States. The study focuses on community-based programs because, even though it offers a variety of social, …
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