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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Second-language speakers"”.
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Detecting deception in second-language speakers
… affected when someone is speaking in his or her second language. We examined whether language proficiency had an impact on lie detection. We hypothesized that when judging the veracity of second-language speakers, participants would be better able to discriminate between truth- and lie-tellers …
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The processing of formulaic language on elicited imitation tasks by second language speakers
… study investigated the processing of formulaic language, in an effort to examine how the use of formulaic language may or may not contribute to second language (L2) fluency in speaking performance. To examine the effect of formulaic language on L2 fluency, this study utilized elicited imitation …
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Neurophysiologic and Behavioral Measures of Phonetic Perception in Adult Second Language Speakers of Spanish
… phonemes) phonetic change in their native language or not. A child's ability to identify non-native consonant contrasts greatly diminishes by 11-12 months of age. The present study examined speech sound discrimination in three groups of listeners. Adult second language (L2) listeners of …
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Repetition overused as an academic writing strategy : a case study of Xhosa-English second language speakers
… to investigate how a group of Xhosa English Second Language (XESL) Speakers use repetition as a discourse strategy in their written academic work. The study analyses the nature of their repetition and draws on critical theory to situate repetition in its socio-cultural context.
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THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION: POIESIS AND THE EMERGENCE OF THE MULTILINGUAL SUBJECT
<p>This study explores relationships between second language acquisition (SLA), poetic language, and embodied cognition and its connection to second language speakers’ linguistic self-formation, or their distinct ways of speaking and thinking. In particular, this study examines processes by which …
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The association of matriculation English scores with the performance of Information Systems majors at the University of Cape Town
This study examines the role of language proficiency in the performance of university students within the specialised field of IS, with particular focus on second language speakers. Quantitative analysis is used to investigate the association between academic performance and matriculation results …
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The effect of language proficiency on second-language lie detection.
I examined whether observers’ own language proficiencies would affect their lie detection judgments. In a previous study, native- and second-language English speakers were videotaped as they either lied or told the truth about having cheated on a test (Da Silva & Leach, 2013). A total of 284 …
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Towards establishing the equivalence of the English version of the verbal analogies scale of the Woodcock Munuz Language Survey across English and Xhosa first language speakers
… poses a considerable challenge for English second-language speakers. In an attempt to bridge the gap between English as the main medium of instruction and the nine indigenous languages of the country and assist with the implementation of mother-tongue based bilingual education, this study …
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The Path to Translingual: A History of the Globalization of English in Composition Studies
… fairly recently, discussions of English as a Second Language (ESL) issues in composition studies have been few and far between" (699). This dissertation contends that Matsuda overstates his claim when he argues that composition, as a field, has not been overly concerned with the topic of …
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An exploration of children's drawing, talking and thinking
… The talk about their own drawings forms the language component of the study. The talk is organised into eight basic language categories drawn from an analysis of the talking data. Piaget's theoretical understanding of children's cognitive development is used to frame the data. Lowenfeld's …
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Kia matatau ki te reo: Factors influencing the development of proficiency in te reo Māori with adult learners
… what factors help or hinder adult Māori second language learners to become proficient speakers of te reo Māori? I ask this question at a moment in history when te reo, like other indigenous languages, sits on the edge of a precipice in terms of its survival as a living language. …
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Syntactic Attrition in L2 Mandarin Speakers
… Twenty-four university students of Chinese-as-a-second-language speakers, who intensively learned and used Mandarin Chinese in a host culture setting for 16-22 months, participated in this study. By the time participants were tested a second time, they had discontinued regular usage of the L2 for …
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ESL speakers' production of English lexical stress: The effect of variation in acoustic correlates on perceived intelligibility and nativeness
<p>Non-native speakers of English often experience problems in pronunciation as they are learning English, many such problems persisting even when the speaker has achieved a high degree of fluency. Research has shown that for a non-native speaker to sound most natural and intelligible in his or her …
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Attitudes to English with particular reference to black South African English
South Africa recognises eleven official languages. Of those eleven, English is regarded as a lingua franca and as the language of business and education. For this reason, English is afforded significant status in South Africa (De Kadt, 1993; De Klerk & Bosch, 1993, 1995; Lazenby, 1996; De Klerk, …
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L1 and L2 Processing of Filler-Gap Dependencies in Mandarin Chinese Speakers: Evidence from Self-Paced Reading Times and Event-Related Potentials
Language processing is a complex task requiring our brain to rapidly integrate various linguistic information from strings of unfolding words and quickly build comprehension. While previous studies have shown that native speakers (L1) employ both incremental and predictive processing in real time …
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The utility of two autism screening instruments in an urban low-income minority population
… (SCQ) and the Social Responsiveness Scale, Second Edition (SRS-2) have been developed to efficiently screen for children who should be referred for full clinical assessment. The validity of the SCQ and the SRS-2 autism screening instruments has not yet been tested in a predominantly urban …
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Challenges Posed by the Use of English as the Language of Learning and Teaching in KwaZulu Natal (KZN) high schools.
… as a medium of learning and teaching among second language speakers of the language, learners’ social and economic circumstances, their learning and home environments, and their psychological attitudes or conditions. However, the main focus of the study was the use of English as a medium of …