How do differences in exposure affect English language learning? A comparison of teenagers in two learning environments

نویسندگان

چکیده

This study investigates whether potential differences in the weight of out-of-school and in-school learning environments affect acquisition L2 English by teenagers two geographical contexts, more less English-rich, with linguistic distance to English, respectively. Participants were groups 14-15-year-olds, from Denmark Spain. Language measures included a listening comprehension test, metalinguistic knowledge grammaticality judgment test. Data about out-of-classroom exposure was elicited via questionnaire. The showed that (a) Danish group attained significantly higher level all language tests except for test; (b) engaged longer activities although preference some over others similar groups; (c) types associations between different groups. These results suggest influence on aspects is related particular context which learned proficiency learner.

برای دانلود رایگان متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید

اگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید

منابع مشابه

exploring senior high-school iranian students’ dominant learning style preferences in learning english: how are “good language learners” different from the majority?

چکیده بسیاری از محققان جنبه های مختلفی از سبک های یادگیری را مورد بررسی قرار داده اند. با این وجود، مطالعات بسیار کمی تعاملات بین مفاهیم سبک های یادگیری و " زبان آموزان خوب" " را در مورد توجه قرار داده است. بدین دلیل، هدف کلی این مطالعه بررسی ترجیحات سبکهای یادگیری غالب در دانش آموزان دبیرستانی ایران، و مقایسه آن با ترجیحات سبکهای یادگیری غالب " زبان آموزان خوب" می باشد. با این هدف ، پرسشنامه ...

achievement in foreign language learning contex the impacts of teachers self-disclosure on students anxiety, attitude and achievement in fireign language learning context

this study was designed to investigate the impacts of teachers self-disclosure on students foreign language classroom anxiety, attitude to english language learning and their achievement scores at the end of the term. there were 48 female learners of intermediate level. they were not randomly selected. there were one experimental group with 21 students and one control group with 27 students.the...

Use of Articles in Learning English as a Foreign Language: A Study of Iranian English Undergraduates

The significance of error analysis for the learner, the teacher and the researcher is now widely recognized. Earlier studies of error analysis concentrated on intersystematic comparison of the “native language” and the “target language” and drew the required data largely from intuitions and impressionistic observations. This study was conducted on the basis of the following observations: (1) to...

متن کامل

High-School Students’ Dominant Learning Styles Preferences in Learning English: How are “Good Language Learners” Different from the Ordinary Ones?

Many researchers have investigated different aspects of learning styles. Nevertheless, few studies have considered interactions between the notions of learning styles and “good language learners’” achievement. The present study aimed at exploring dominant learning style preferences by senior high-school students and comparing their preferences with those by “good language learners”. To this goa...

متن کامل

ذخیره در منابع من


  با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید

ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching

سال: 2021

ISSN: ['2083-5205', '2084-1965']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14746/ssllt.2021.11.2.2