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Direct linkMiki Satori – Language Learning Journal, 2024
This study examines the knowledge representation of Japanese university students assessed using grammaticality judgement tests (GJTs) and a metalinguistic knowledge test (MKT). The study also investigates the role of automatised and non-automatised explicit knowledge in general L2 language proficiency. Participants were 87 late learners of English…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Gregory J. Heathco – Communication Teacher, 2025
University classrooms are increasingly populated by students with diverse nationalities and native languages (L1). The growing number of students in English-led classrooms who speak English as a second or lower language (L2) may face added difficulties in understanding the specific task objectives or directions, as explained by native-…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Comparative Analysis, Language Processing
Download full textHye-ryeong Hahn – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2024
The current study explores the effects of processing demands and proficiency on second language (L2) learners' acceptability judgment of wh-island sentences. A total of 65 adult Korean learners of English and ten native speakers (NSs) of English participated in an experiment that combined self-paced reading and acceptability judgment. They were…
Descriptors: Sentence Structure, Verbs, Language Processing, Form Classes (Languages)
Hsiao-Ling Hsu; Howard Hao-Jan Chen; Andrew G. Todd – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
With advances in technology, intelligent personal assistants (IPAs) have become available to assist users with a variety of tasks using voice commands. Because IPAs may induce dialogic interactions, researchers speculated that they may benefit second language learning, especially regarding pronunciation, listening and speaking skills. So far, very…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, English (Second Language), Artificial Intelligence
Kida, Shusaku – Second Language Research, 2022
The type of processing-resource allocation (TOPRA) model predicts that the semantic processing of new second language (L2) words can impede the learning of their forms while structural processing can promote it. Using this framework, the present study examined the effects of processing type (semantic, structural, control), exposure frequency (one…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development, Reading Processes, Word Frequency
Takimoto, Masahiro – IAFOR Journal of Education, 2023
This study investigated the relationship between a metaphor-based approach to teaching English as a foreign language (EFL) and involvement of the brain's right hemisphere. Specifically, it examined learners' understanding of three levels of sureness associated with different expressions in English -- those that are "certain,"…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Figurative Language, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language)
