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Direct linkMulder, Kimberley; Hulstijn, Jan H. – Applied Linguistics, 2011
This study assessed, in a sample of 98 adult native speakers of Dutch, how their lexical skills and their speaking proficiency varied as a function of their age and level of education and profession (EP). Participants, categorized in terms of their age (18-35, 36-50, and 51-76 years old) and the level of their EP (low versus high), were tested on…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Vocabulary Development, Native Speakers, Language Skills
O'Brien, Irena; Segalowitz, Norman; Freed, Barbara; Collentine, Joe – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2007
This study investigated the relationship between phonological memory and second language (L2) fluency gains in native English-speaking adults learning Spanish in two learning contexts: at their home university or abroad in an immersion context. Phonological memory (operationalized as serial nonword recognition) and Spanish oral fluency…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Memory, Foreign Countries, Vocabulary Development
