Despite its direct relevance to second/foreign language learning, quality of life has been a neglected area within Second Language Acquisition (SLA) research. The present study sought to investigate the relationship between quality of life factors and speaking skill as one of the most challenging parts of L2 learning. To this end, an adapted version of life quality questionnaire originally devi...

Purpose: The present study has three objectives: (1) to explore whether there are statistically significant relationships between Extramural English (EE) engagement, second/additional language (L2) anxiety and communication apprehension, (2) investigate EE engagement predicts these two constructs, (3) reveal possible predictive abilities of different activities.Methodology: This research implem...

This paper examines whether English-speaking L2 Chinese learners are aware of the aspectual meanings that the two negation markers in Mandarin Chinese, 不 “not” and 没(有) “not” express. Test results show that while English-speaking L2 Chinese learners in the early stages of Chinese language acquisition do not have problems using 不 with activity verbs to express habitual negation, they do have pro...

Two acoustic studies of voice onset time (VOT) in sibilant–stop (ST) consonant clusters, produced by first language (L1) speakers Polish, are presented. In the first, a baseline study L1 Polish comparing ST clusters with initial singleton stops, small degree VOT shortening after /s/ was found for /p/, but not /t/. The second compared productions (L2) English across two levels proficiency, speak...

Recent research has shown that a properly designed ASRbased CALL system (Dutch-CAPT) was capable of detecting pronunciation errors and of providing comprehensible feedback on pronunciation. Since pronunciation is not the only skill required for speaking a second language, we explored the possibility of extending the Dutch-CAPT approach to other aspects of speaking proficiency like morphology an...

In this paper we report on the ASR-based CALL system DISCO: Development and Integration of Speech technology into COurseware for language learning. The DISCO system automatically detects pronunciation and grammar errors in Dutch L2 speaking and generates appropriate, detailed feedback on the errors detected. We briefly introduce DISCO and present the results of a first evaluation of the complet...

Despite its direct relevance to second/foreign language learning, quality of life has been a neglected area within Second Language Acquisition (SLA) research. The present study sought to investigate the relationship between quality of life factors and speaking skill as one of the most challenging parts of L2 learning. To this end, an adapted version of life quality questionnaire originally devi...

One of the most popular beliefs among English L2 learners is that watching TV series can help them speak language fluently. While it seemingly genuine, as supported by many learning websites and successful learners, further investigations on this subject matter have been minimal. Therefore, research aims to find out roles in improving learners’ fluency English. In qualitative research, in-depth...