Using a structural equation modeling approach, this study investigates the relationships between second language (L2) oral proficiency and interest in learning target (L2 interest), presence of potential mediating variables (i.e. perceived importance speaking, out-of-class contact with L2 resources). It also examines if interactive noninteractive function differently model. Data were collected ...

Writing and speaking are the productive skills of a language and share similar components. However, there has been little attempt to investigate the impact of writing practice on the speaking proficiency of the learners. The present study using a pretest-posttest controlled group design in a quasi-experimental approach investigated the effect of guided writing practice on the speaking proficien...

Research on the processing of translations offers important insights on how bilinguals negotiate the representation of words from two languages in one mind and one brain. Evidence so far has shown that translation equivalents effectively activate each other as well as their shared concept even when translations lack of any formal overlap (i.e., non-cognates) and even when one of them is present...

The present study examines transfer effect in learning English pronunciation by Japanese learners of English. They are known to have pronunciation difficulty accommodating non-native target sounds, and the production of L2 (target language) sounds depends on, in part, how they have established phonetic criteria for L2 nonnative contrasts. Acoustic analysis was made on vowels in Japanese, Americ...

The study reported in this article investigated the linguistic challenges that students face at an English medium instruction (EMI) university Turkey. aims of were (1) to describe experience their EMI classes; (2) investigate how these vary according individual student characteristics; and (3) validate a research instrument designed explore academic language-related contexts. Data collected fro...

This study examines developmental change in the production of epenthetic vowels by Japanese learners of English in relation to acquisition of L2 English speech rhythm. Seventy-two Japanese learners of English in the J-AESOP corpus were divided into lowerand higher-level learners according to their proficiency score and the frequency of vowel epenthesis. Three learners were excluded because no v...

Language switching has been repeatedly found to be costly. Yet, there are reasons to believe that switches in language might benefit language comprehension in some groups of people, such as less proficient language learners. This study therefore investigated the interplay between language switching and semantic processing in groups with varying language proficiency. EEG was recorded while L2 le...

This article presents and reviews a new methodological resource for research in second language acquisition (SLA), CEDEL2 ( Corpus Escrito del Español L2 ‘L2 Spanish Written Corpus’), its free online search-engine interface cedel2.learnercorpora.com ). is multi-first-language corpus (Spanish, English, German, Dutch, Portuguese, Italian, French, Greek, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, Arabic) of lear...

The aim of this paper was to determine the role specificity in English article suppliance L1 Serbian speakers. Its impact on definite (the), indefinite (a/an), and zero (Ɵ) determined based a 40-item questionnaire. items were classified into four groups defined by combinations two semantic features: [±specific] [±definite]. Differences studied between group non-English language majors order tak...