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Nan XU Rattanasone; Katherine Demuth – Journal of Child Language, 2023
It is often assumed that pre-schoolers learn a second language (L2) with ease, even for structures that are absent in their L1, such as Mandarin-speaking pre-schoolers learning L2 English grammatical inflections (e.g., ducks, horses). However, while the results from Study 1 showed that such learners can imitate plural words (age = 3;5, N = 20),…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Mandarin Chinese, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Sumiyoshi, Hideki; Svetanant, Chavalin – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2017
Shadowing has increasingly been recognized as an effective practice for developing listening skills in second language learning. However, there is very little study focusing on learners' psychological aspects in implementing shadowing practice. The aim of this study is to explore second language learners' psychological factors, from the motivation…
Descriptors: Japanese, Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods, Psychological Patterns