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Direct linkHe, Xue – Foreign Language Annals, 2023
Chinese directional complement (DC) constructions, as a subtype of Chinese multiword sequences, are challenging to acquire for second language (L2) learners. However, little is known about L2 Chinese learners' acquisition of figurative DCs and their comprehension of literal and figurative DCs. This study investigated whether the acquisition of…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Chinese
Rosenstein, Ofra; Meir, Irit; Miller, Paul – Foreign Language Annals, 2020
The study explored the contribution of prior knowledge and reliance on L1 syntactic knowledge to L2 written sentence comprehension. Participants, 102 native Hebrew speakers at three education levels (junior high, high school, and postsecondary), answered questions in two sentence categories: Semantically plausible sentences that readers can…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Sentences, Reading Comprehension, Native Language
Peer reviewedArey, Marie-Jo – Foreign Language Annals, 1993
This paper presents and comments on an experiment on teaching grammar that was started at Gettysburg College (PA). Using a proficiency-based approach, this course uses films as texts that provide a cultural, visual, and linguistic context in which the class functions. (six references) (JL)
Descriptors: Dialog Journals, Dictation, Foreign Language Films, French
