Self-reported use and perception of the L1 and L2 among maximally proficient bi- and multilinguals: a quantitative and qualitative investigation [PDF]
, 2011 This study investigates language preferences and perceptions in the use of the native language (L1) and second language (L2) by 386 bi- and multilingual adults.
Anooshian +21 more
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Austral Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 2019 The objective of this study was to assess cryosurvival, plasma membrane fluidity, and capability of cryopreserved dog (Canis lupus familiaris) spermatozoa, cooled to –5 °C before freezing, to perform the acrosome reaction under the effect of progesterone
Luis D. Ortega-Morales +3 more
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DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION IN PRE-SCHOOL AGE
Vallis Aurea, 2021 This paper presents a study investigating the use of digital technology - tablets and mobile phones by six pre-school children in Požega, Croatia and the way this technology facilitated the English language learning process through its content.
Mirna Harwood, Abdul Rahman Omar
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Can a connectionist model explain the processing of regularly and irregularly inflected words in German as L1 and L2? [PDF]
, 2011 The connectionist model is a prevailing model of the structure and functioning of the cognitive system of the processing of morphology. According to this model, the morphology of regularly and irregularly inflected words (e.g., verb participles and noun ...
Birdsong D. +9 more
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Processing of regular and irregular past tense morphology in highly proficient second language learners of English: a self-paced reading study [PDF]
, 2012 Dual-system models suggest that English past tense morphology involves two processing routes: rule application for regular verbs and memory retrieval for irregular verbs (Pinker, 1999).
Marinis, Theodoros, Pliatsikas, Christos
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Darnioji daugiakalbystė, 2023 In the present era, both learning and teaching, including foreign language learning (FLL) and teaching, are being radically influenced by a massive implementation of digital technologies. The purpose of this study is to analyze foreign language teachers’
Klimova Blanka +10 more
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Exploring the Construction of Identities in Written Humorous Narratives by L2 Learners of Greek
Półrocznik Językoznawczy Tertium, 2020 The aim of this paper is to explore how adult learners of Greek as a second language construct their identities through humorous written narratives.
Spyridoula Gasteratou
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Deconstructing comprehensibility: identifying the linguistic influences on listeners' L2 comprehensibility ratings [PDF]
, 2012 Comprehensibility, a major concept in second language (L2) pronunciation research that denotes listeners’ perceptions of how easily they understand L2 speech, is central to interlocutors’ communicative success in real-world contexts.
Isaacs, T, Trofimovich, P
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Expanding the theoretical base for the dynamics of willingness to communicate [PDF]
, 2020 The dynamics underlying willingness to communicate in a second or third language (L2 for short), operating in real time, are affected by a number of intra- and inter-personal processes.
MacIntyre, Peter
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, 2022 Abstract This chapter aims to identify sources of individual differences in writing proficiency, and ways to measure these differences. The construct of writing proficiency is delineated and embedded in cognitive approaches to writing research. It is considered to be a multi-faceted construct, which implies that various component skills contribute to ...
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