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Statistical Regularities Affect the Perception of Second Language Speech: Evidence from Adult Classroom Learners of Mandarin Chinese
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Wiener, Seth; Lee, Chao-Yang; Tao, Liang – Language Learning, 2019
This study investigated how adult second language (L2) learners of Mandarin Chinese use knowledge of phonological and lexical statistical regularities when acoustic information is insufficient for word recognition. A gating task was used to test intermediate L2 learners at two time points across a semester of classroom learning. Native Mandarin…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Mandarin Chinese
An Investigation of the Patterns of Learning English Interrogative Structures by EFL Learners in China.
Jianping, Chen – 1986
A study, investigating the patterns in which Chinese learners of English as a second language (ESL) learn English interrogative structures, focused on four major classes of English questions (yes/no, wh-, alternative, and embedded) categorized into seven structural types. Data came from a test requiring rapid translation of 55 Chinese questions.…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language)
Phonological Similarity, Markedness, and Rate of L2 Acquisition.
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Major, Roy C. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1987
Investigates the interrelationship of several factors--phonological similarity between L1 and L2, transfer, and markedness as they relate to the acquisition of two English vowel phonemes by native speakers of Brazilian Portuguese. Phonetic and phonological similarity between L1 and L2 appear to be important factors. (LMO)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language)
Comparative Research on Language Learning. Indiana Univ., Bloomington. National Institutes of Health (DHEW), Bethesda, Md.
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Gierut, Judith A. – Language Learning, 1988
Integrates the phonological research concerns of two language-learning populations: (1) adults acquiring a second language, and (2) children learning to correct functional speech sound errors. The basic theoretical and pedagogical aims overlapped for the two populations, and the results of research on either population had strong potential for…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Error Analysis (Language)
The Cross-linguistic Assessment of Foreign Language Vocabulary Learning.
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Kempe, Vera; MacWhinney, Brian – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1996
Examines a task that can be applied in a uniform fashion across different languages to compare levels of vocabulary development in foreign-language learning. Results indicate that the lexical decision task can be a useful tool for the assessment and cross-linguistic comparison of lexical development in foreign-language learning. (37 references)…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making, English
Attainment of Syntactic and Morphological Accuracy by Advanced Language Learners.
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Bardovi-Harlig, Kathleen; Bofman, Theodora – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1989
A study examined the relationship between syntactic complexity and overall accuracy in the written English of 30 advanced learners of English from five different native language groups. Results show similar patterns of error distribution, a similar level of relative strength in syntax, and relative weakness in morphology. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Advanced Students, Arabic, Chinese