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EFL Learners’ Receptive Vocabulary Size and the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Estimates Across Levels

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Common European Framework of Reference for languages (CEFR) is widely used as a reference for language teaching and learning. However, providing vocabulary size (VS) estimates is beyond the CEFR's original aim. Previous research has also shown that learners’ receptive VS is related to overall proficiency and to the four language skills ...
Ferran Gesa
wiley   +1 more source

L2 Chinese Grammatical Acquisition and Processing: A Substantive and Methodological Review

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents a systematic review of 92 empirical studies on Chinese as a second language (CSL) in grammatical processing and development, synthesizing their substantive foci and methodological characteristics. The results reveal consistent scholarly attention to cross‐linguistic topics, with less focus on features that are distinctively
Shaohua Fang, Yi Xu, Jiani He, Jia Wang
wiley   +1 more source

“It Can't be Translated Into a Conventional English Phrase”: Crafting Academic Identities Through Translingual Writing

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This qualitative multiple case study explores multilingual postgraduate students’ academic identities through writing at an EMI university in Hong Kong, with a focus on how they gain legitimacy in knowledge‑making with their multilingual repertoires. Grounded in a poststructuralist understanding of identities as fluid and negotiated, the study
Siqi Song, Ken Lau
wiley   +1 more source

Gender‐Specific Phonetic Variability in Sanzhi Dargwa

Journal of Sociolinguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Western sociophonetic research often overlooks minority languages. Our study targets this gap with a sociophonetic study of Sanzhi Dargwa, an endangered East Caucasian language spoken in Dagestan (Russian Federation) by a small community with clearly defined binary gender roles.
Melanie Weirich, Diana Forker, Lilia Kurnosova   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Head Gestures Do Not Serve as Precursors of Prosodic Focus Marking in the Second Language as They Do in the First Language

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract Research shows that children use head gestures to mark discourse focus before developing the required prosodic cues in their first language (L1), and their gestures affect the prosodic parameters of their speech. We investigated whether head gestures also act as precursors and bootstrappers of prosodic focus marking in second language (L2 ...
Lieke van Maastricht, Núria Esteve‐Gibert   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Do They Feel? Processing Others’ Emotions in Second Language Discourse

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract Emotion that is implied rather than literally expressed requires the processing of literal and pragmatic information. Processing multiple information types is an easy, fast process in the first language (L1) but can be costlier in a second language (L2), especially when emotional content is involved.
Andrea González‐García Aldariz, Eva M. Moreno, Alice Foucart   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bilingual lexicography

Polylinguality and Transcultural Practices, 2011
The article discusses the contemporary state and trends of the bilingual lexicography.
L A Devel
doaj  

Vocabulary Opens the Door; Creativity Guides the Search: Complementary Contributions to Second Language Semantic Fluency Across Domains

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract Semantic fluency, the ability to retrieve words within a category, relies on lexical knowledge, semantic memory and executive control mechanisms. A richer, interconnected semantic memory and optimal executive control, as seen in creative individuals, enhance fluency through broad associative searches and quicker access to remote concepts ...
Almudena Fernández‐Fontecha
wiley   +1 more source

Meaning Discrimination in Bilingual Venda Dictionaries

Lexikos, 2011
Venda, one of the minority languages in South Africa, has few dictionaries. All are translational bilingual dictionaries meant for dictionary users who are non-native speakers of the language. Dictionary users find it difficult to use the bilingual Venda dictionaries because they are confronted with equivalents which they cannot distinguish.
openaire   +4 more sources

Interactional Fluency and Turn‐Managing Gestures Across Second Language Proficiency Levels: A Multimodal Analysis

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract Whereas L2 fluency research has focused on monologic speech, interactional fluency (IF), particularly during turn transitions, remains underexplored. This study investigates how turn‐managing gestures (TMGs) contribute to L2 IF, drawing on 60 dyadic interactions from Taiwanese learners in the International Corpus Network of Asian Learners of ...
Yen‐Liang (Eric) Lin, Shu‐Ting Huang, Renia Lopez‐Ozieblo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source