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Housen, Alex; Kuiken, Folkert; Vedder, Ineke – Language Learning & Language Teaching (MS), 2012
The theme of this volume, complexity, accuracy and fluency (CAF) as dimensions of second language production, proficiency and development, represents a thriving area of research that addresses two general questions that are at the heart of many studies in second language acquisition and applied linguistics: What makes a second language (L2)…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency, Language Fluency
Miyata, Munehiko – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This dissertation presents results from a series of experiments investigating adult learning of an artificial language and the effects that input frequency (high vs. low token frequency), frequency distribution (skewed vs. balanced), presentation mode (structured vs. scrambled), and first language (English vs. Japanese) have on such learning.…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Semantics, Native Speakers, Artificial Languages
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Koutstaal, C. W.; And Others – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Consonants, Cross Cultural Studies, Factor Analysis