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First and Second Language Acquisition

2006

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Interview Method Development For Qualitative Study Of Esl Motivation, Tae-Young Kim Dr. Jun 2006

Interview Method Development For Qualitative Study Of Esl Motivation, Tae-Young Kim Dr.

Dr. Tae-Young Kim (김태영, 金兌英)

No abstract provided.


Thinking For Speaking About Motion: L1 And L2 Speech And Gesture, Gale Stam Jan 2006

Thinking For Speaking About Motion: L1 And L2 Speech And Gesture, Gale Stam

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Self Reports Of First And Second Language Ability By Academically Inclined And Challenged Students, Arshad Abd Samad Jan 2006

Self Reports Of First And Second Language Ability By Academically Inclined And Challenged Students, Arshad Abd Samad

Arshad Abd Samad

Becoming proficient in a second language may involve several factors that are different from those involved in the first language. One factor that may influence performance in either language is academic aptitude. In this study, responses to statements regarding language abilities in Bahasa Malaysia and English by academically inclined and challenged students were analysed using the Chi-Square technique. The results indicate that while the academically inclined students do not have major difficulties in performance in either of the two languages, the academically challenged students report problems in basic linguistic abilities in the English language but not in Bahasa Malaysia. Several …


Interactional Competence And The Use Of Modal Expressions In Decision-Making Activities: Ca For Understanding Microgenesis Of Pragmatic Competence, Midori Ishida Jan 2006

Interactional Competence And The Use Of Modal Expressions In Decision-Making Activities: Ca For Understanding Microgenesis Of Pragmatic Competence, Midori Ishida

Faculty Publications

Interlanguage pragmatics (Kasper & Blum-Kulka, 1993) is a research area that is concerned with what second language (L2) learners do with the target language, and how their competence in using the language develops over time. However, until 1996 when Kasper and Schmidt put out agendas for more developmentally oriented investigations, research on interlanguage pragmatics had been predominated by studies focusing on the former, L2 use at a point in time. This research area has matured more by now in the area of developmental interlanguage pragmatics, as reviewed in Kasper and Rose (2002). Along with an increased attention to longitudinal development …


Currents And Eddies In The Discourse Of Assessment: A Learning-Focused Interpretation, Pauline Rea-Dickins Jan 2006

Currents And Eddies In The Discourse Of Assessment: A Learning-Focused Interpretation, Pauline Rea-Dickins

Institute for Educational Development, East Africa

This article explores processes of classroom assessment, in particular ways in which learners using English as an additional language engage in formative assessment within a primary school setting. Transcript evidence of teacher and learner interactions during activities viewed by teachers as formative or summative assessment opportunities are presented as the basis for an analysis of teacher feedback, learner responses to this feedback, as well as learner-initiated talk. The analyses suggest that there are different teacher orientations within assessment and highlight the potential that assessment dialogues might offer for assessment as a resource for language learning, thus situating this work at …


Bilingual Lexical Activation In Sentence Context, Ana I. Schwartz, Judith F. Kroll Jan 2006

Bilingual Lexical Activation In Sentence Context, Ana I. Schwartz, Judith F. Kroll

Ana I Schwartz

The present study investigated the cognitive nature of second language (L2) lexical processing in sentence context. We examined bilinguals’ L2 word recognition performance for language-ambiguous words [cognates (e.g., piano); and homographs (e.g., pan)] in two sentence context experiments with highly proficient Spanish-English bilinguals living in a bilingual community (Experiment 1) and with intermediate proficiency Spanish-English bilinguals living in a monolingual community (Experiment 2). To determine the influence of sentence constraint on cross-language activation, the critical words and their matched controls were inserted in low- and high-constraint sentences. In low-constraint sentences significant cognate facilitation was observed, suggesting that both languages were …


Exploratory Learning: The Digital Recorder Project: An Investigation Into A Student Designed Project For Finding And Addressing Esl Students’ Listening And Speaking Needs, Joel Cooke Jan 2006

Exploratory Learning: The Digital Recorder Project: An Investigation Into A Student Designed Project For Finding And Addressing Esl Students’ Listening And Speaking Needs, Joel Cooke

MA TESOL Collection

The Digital Recorder Project was designed to present students with an opportunity to design and implement, as a class, a project that would address speaking and listening issues they experience as ESL students. Each student was required to observe their own speaking via a self-created digital recording and in conjunction with the class, design a unique, individualized method to work on issues he or she identified. This document will present the observations and conclusions about the nature of such a project from the teacher’s perspective. In addition, the paper will use transcripts of class recordings as a means of placing …


The Interface Between Self-Efficacy, Life Satisfaction, And Emotional And Informational Support For Korean Learners Acquiring English As A Second Language, Cheryl C.Y. Choe Jan 2006

The Interface Between Self-Efficacy, Life Satisfaction, And Emotional And Informational Support For Korean Learners Acquiring English As A Second Language, Cheryl C.Y. Choe

MA TESOL Collection

The purpose of this study is to examine the interface between self-efficacy, life satisfaction, and emotional and informational support for Korean learners acquiring English as a Second Language. More specifically, the aim of this study is to explore the interface among psychological variables (e.g., speaking, reading, writing, and listening self-efficacy), mediating variables (e.g., emotional and informational support received from parents, teachers, and friends) and behavioral outcomes (e.g., life satisfaction within the family, at school/work, and in personal relationships with friends) by examining the linear structural model developed by Kim and Park (1998) and revised by Choe (2000). Self-efficacy is typically …


Life Experiences That Influence Language Acquisition In Generation 1.5 Students, Ellen Sook Hyang Howell Jan 2006

Life Experiences That Influence Language Acquisition In Generation 1.5 Students, Ellen Sook Hyang Howell

Theses Digitization Project

The study examines the life and educational experiences of five Generation 1.5 students at California State University, San Bernardino and analyzes how the first cultural socialization affects later English academic language learning. The study used three methods of gathering data: a survey questionnaire, participant-observation, and one-on-one interviews. The study also reviews other case studies that describe life and educational experiences as well as the language and cultural connections of Generation 1.5 students. An analysis of lexical, structural and interactional differences of the spoken and written modes of the English language is also included. The study's findings indicate that learning the …


Co-Teaching And Reciprocal Teaching For English-As-A-Foreign-Language Reading, Pei-Ying Chou Jan 2006

Co-Teaching And Reciprocal Teaching For English-As-A-Foreign-Language Reading, Pei-Ying Chou

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project is to help promote elementary English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) students' reading comprehension. The project investigates the co-teaching model and its implementation in the Taiwanese English class. Curriculum and lesson plans are included.


Awakening The Muse In The Land Of The Morning Calm: Guidelines For New And Future Teachers Bound For South Korea, Lauren Jennifer Gerken Jan 2006

Awakening The Muse In The Land Of The Morning Calm: Guidelines For New And Future Teachers Bound For South Korea, Lauren Jennifer Gerken

MA TESOL Collection

How is it to teach English in South Korea? What are the students like? How are the schools? What kind of education system do they have? How proficient are Korean students when speaking English? What types of learning styles do they have? What are their strengths and weaknesses? How can a new teacher prepare her/himself best for an English teaching position at a school or university in South Korea? Where is the best place to teach? What methods and strategies work best in the South Korean EFL classroom? Based on my experience of teaching English for thirteen years in the …


Study Abroad Social Networks, Motivation And Attitudes: Implications For Second Language Acquisition., Christina Isabelli Jan 2006

Study Abroad Social Networks, Motivation And Attitudes: Implications For Second Language Acquisition., Christina Isabelli

Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Problems With Steve Pinker's Mentalese: On The Implications Of Bilingualism, Marino Fernandes Jan 2006

Problems With Steve Pinker's Mentalese: On The Implications Of Bilingualism, Marino Fernandes

Undergraduate Review

No abstract provided.


The Acquisition Of Japanese As A Second Language And Processability Theory: A Longitudinal Study Of A Naturalistic Child Learner, Junko Iwasaki Jan 2006

The Acquisition Of Japanese As A Second Language And Processability Theory: A Longitudinal Study Of A Naturalistic Child Learner, Junko Iwasaki

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

The aim of this study was to investigate longitudinally how a child learner acquired verbal morpho-syntax in Japanese in a naturalistic second language (L2) context. Specifically the points of emergence for three verbal morpho-syntactic structures, namely verbal inflection, the V-te V structure and the passive/causative structure, were investigated within a framework of Processability Theory (PT) (Pienemann, 1998b). The subsequent development of these structures was also examined. Unlike earlier research about morpheme orders and developmental sequences in language acquisition which was criticised because of its apparent lack of theoretical underpinnings, Pienemann’s Processability Theory (PT)(1998b) connects the processability of morpho-syntactic structure to …


Innovative Literacy Content, Methods, And Assessment In English-As-A-Foreign Language Primary Instruction, Tzu-Ru Tsai Jan 2006

Innovative Literacy Content, Methods, And Assessment In English-As-A-Foreign Language Primary Instruction, Tzu-Ru Tsai

Theses Digitization Project

The primary goal of this project is to offer Taiwanese teachers diverse innovative literacy instruction and assessments to motivate students' reading processes. Sample curriculum/lesson plans are included.


Activity Theory As A Basis For Negotiation Training In Adult English-As-A-Foreign-Language Instruction, Cheng-Wei Lu Jan 2006

Activity Theory As A Basis For Negotiation Training In Adult English-As-A-Foreign-Language Instruction, Cheng-Wei Lu

Theses Digitization Project

The project offers Taiwanese teachers who work with adults a new concept of teaching crosscultural negotiation skills as part of their EFL instruction. It also presents Taiwanese teachers with a method of analyzing their educational practice to encourage more active and engaged teaching with a useful curriculum and its corresponding assessment.


Self-Repair In Second Language Interaction: Dyad Groups In Action, Beatriz Rangel-Studer Jan 2006

Self-Repair In Second Language Interaction: Dyad Groups In Action, Beatriz Rangel-Studer

Theses Digitization Project

Describes the results of a research project that analyzes the interaction of a second language (L2) learners of English (non-native speakers (NNS)) with a native speakers (NS). The subjects of the study were four NNS and two NS of English at Imperial Valley College in Imperial, California. The first aspect of the analysis determines the way in which self-repair might be related to L2 development and the L2 learner's language proficiency level. The second aspect of the analysis determines whether the NNS use self-repair differently when the interlocutor is a NS or a NNS of English. Results of the study …


Code Switching: ¿Y Qué?, Helen Zamarripa Jan 2006

Code Switching: ¿Y Qué?, Helen Zamarripa

Theses Digitization Project

The project examined the pros and cons regarding the use code of switching across social contexts both in oral and written language. It argues that code switching is a viable mediating tool for teaching students the values of their language(s), culture(s), and identity. The researcher uses Vygotsky's concept of the Zone of Proximal Development to show that children often use code switching as a means to accommodate gaps in their English language skills. Teachers who recognize this can assist students by using social interaction and language as a tool to bridge the level of actual performance and the learning potential …


Parámetro De Polisíntesis En Náhuatl: ¿Desaparición Por Influencia Del Español?, R. Herrera, A. Holzrichter, Joyce Bruhn De Garavito Dec 2005

Parámetro De Polisíntesis En Náhuatl: ¿Desaparición Por Influencia Del Español?, R. Herrera, A. Holzrichter, Joyce Bruhn De Garavito

Joyce Bruhn de Garavito

No abstract provided.


Variability In Contact Spanish: Implications For Second Language Acquisition, Joyce Bruhn De Garavito, Cristina Atoche Dec 2005

Variability In Contact Spanish: Implications For Second Language Acquisition, Joyce Bruhn De Garavito, Cristina Atoche

Joyce Bruhn de Garavito

No abstract provided.


Functional Connectivity In A Baseline Resting-State Network In Autism, Vladimir Cherkassky, Rajesh Kana, Timothy Keller, Marcel Just Dec 2005

Functional Connectivity In A Baseline Resting-State Network In Autism, Vladimir Cherkassky, Rajesh Kana, Timothy Keller, Marcel Just

Marcel Adam Just

No abstract provided.


Conexionismo O Nativismo? Construcciones Con Se En Hablantes Bilingües., Joyce Bruhn De Garavito Dec 2005

Conexionismo O Nativismo? Construcciones Con Se En Hablantes Bilingües., Joyce Bruhn De Garavito

Joyce Bruhn de Garavito

No abstract provided.


The Status Of Ser And Estar In Late And Early Bilingual L2 Spanish., Joyce Bruhn De Garavito, E. Valenzuela Dec 2005

The Status Of Ser And Estar In Late And Early Bilingual L2 Spanish., Joyce Bruhn De Garavito, E. Valenzuela

Joyce Bruhn de Garavito

No abstract provided.


Is The Semantics/Syntax Interface Vulnerable In L2 Acquisition? Focus On Mood Distinctions In Relative Clauses In L2 Spanish., Joyce Bruhn De Garavito, C. Borgonovo, P. Prévost Dec 2005

Is The Semantics/Syntax Interface Vulnerable In L2 Acquisition? Focus On Mood Distinctions In Relative Clauses In L2 Spanish., Joyce Bruhn De Garavito, C. Borgonovo, P. Prévost

Joyce Bruhn de Garavito

No abstract provided.


Knowledge Of Clitic Doubling In Spanish: A Comparison Of Early And Late Bilinguals, Joyce Bruhn De Garavito Dec 2005

Knowledge Of Clitic Doubling In Spanish: A Comparison Of Early And Late Bilinguals, Joyce Bruhn De Garavito

Joyce Bruhn de Garavito

No abstract provided.


Specificity In Spanish: The Syntax/Semantics Interface In Sla, Joyce Bruhn De Garavito, Claudia Borgonovo, Pedro Guijarro-Fuentes, Philippe Prévost, Elena Valenzuela Dec 2005

Specificity In Spanish: The Syntax/Semantics Interface In Sla, Joyce Bruhn De Garavito, Claudia Borgonovo, Pedro Guijarro-Fuentes, Philippe Prévost, Elena Valenzuela

Joyce Bruhn de Garavito

No abstract provided.


Brain Correlates Of Discourse Processing: An Fmri Investigation Of Irony And Conventional Metaphor Comprehension, Zohar Eviatar, Marcel Adam Just Dec 2005

Brain Correlates Of Discourse Processing: An Fmri Investigation Of Irony And Conventional Metaphor Comprehension, Zohar Eviatar, Marcel Adam Just

Marcel Adam Just

No abstract provided.


Sentence Comprehension In Autism: Thinking In Pictures With Decreased Functional Connectivity, Rajesh K. Kana, Timothy A. Keller, Vladimir L. Cherkassky, Nancy J. Minshew, Marcel Adam Just Dec 2005

Sentence Comprehension In Autism: Thinking In Pictures With Decreased Functional Connectivity, Rajesh K. Kana, Timothy A. Keller, Vladimir L. Cherkassky, Nancy J. Minshew, Marcel Adam Just

Marcel Adam Just

No abstract provided.


Neural Basis Of Dyslexia: A Comparison Between Dyslexic And Non-Dyslexic Children Equated For Reading Ability, Fumiko Hoeft, Arvel Hernandez, Glenn Mcmillon, Heather Taylor-Hill, Jennifer L. Martindale, Ann Meyler, Timothy A. Keller, Wai Ting Siok, Gayle K. Deutsch, Marcel Adam Just, Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli, John D. E. Gabrieli Dec 2005

Neural Basis Of Dyslexia: A Comparison Between Dyslexic And Non-Dyslexic Children Equated For Reading Ability, Fumiko Hoeft, Arvel Hernandez, Glenn Mcmillon, Heather Taylor-Hill, Jennifer L. Martindale, Ann Meyler, Timothy A. Keller, Wai Ting Siok, Gayle K. Deutsch, Marcel Adam Just, Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli, John D. E. Gabrieli

Marcel Adam Just

No abstract provided.


Thinking For Speaking About Motion: L1 And L2 Speech And Gesture, Gale Stam Dec 2005

Thinking For Speaking About Motion: L1 And L2 Speech And Gesture, Gale Stam

Gale Stam, Ph.D.

No abstract provided.