L2 development during study abroad in China
| Autor: | Spencer Ring, Jeongwoon Kim, Dan P. Dewey, Andrew S. Westover, Dennis L. Eggett, Wendy Baker-Smemoe |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Linguistics and Language
medicine.medical_specialty Vocabulary business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Repeated measures design Study abroad Audiology computer.software_genre Language and Linguistics Vocabulary development Education Task (project management) Fluency medicine Artificial intelligence Metric (unit) China business Psychology computer Natural language processing media_common |
| Zdroj: | System. 55:123-133 |
| ISSN: | 0346-251X |
| Popis: | This study analyzed L2 Chinese development in regards to fluency, tonal accuracy, vocabulary acquisition, and task fulfillment during a study abroad (SA) program in China. Tonal accuracy has not been investigated in previous SA research, which has focused largely on non-tonal languages. Furthermore, task fulfillment, a metric linked to L2 proficiency and linguistic ability has not been included in previous SA research either. Twenty-two L2 learners of Chinese completed Simulated Oral Proficiency Interviews (SOPIs) before and after SA. These SOPI recordings were analyzed for a series of fluency measures (speech rate, filled pauses, unfilled pauses, and mean pause length), tonal accuracy percentages, type-token ratios, and task fulfillment. Mixed linear model analyses of these repeated measures showed that, when compared to participants' pre-test scores, their post-test scores showed significant improvement for tonal accuracy, vocabulary development, and task fulfillment as well as for all measures of fluency, showing a faster speech rate and shorter pauses. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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