- Tytuł:
- How do differences in exposure affect English language learning? A comparison of teenagers in two learning environments
- Autorzy:
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Muñoz, Carmen
Cadierno, Teresa - Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1203050.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2021-06-24
- Wydawca:
- Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
- Tematy:
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out-of-school input
in-school input
linguistic distance
adolescents
subtitles - Opis:
- This study investigates whether potential differences in the weight of out-of-school and in-school learning environments affect the acquisition of L2 English by teenagers in two geographical contexts, more and less English-rich, and with less and more linguistic distance to English, respectively. Participants were two groups of 14-15-year-olds, from Denmark and Spain. Language measures included a listening comprehension test, a metalinguistic knowledge test, and a grammaticality judgment test. Data about out-of-classroom exposure was elicited via a questionnaire. The study showed that (a) the Danish group attained a significantly higher level in all language tests except for the metalinguistic knowledge test; (b) the Danish group engaged longer in out-of-school activities although the preference for some activities over others was similar in the two groups; and (c) the types of associations between out-of-school activities and language measures were different between the two groups. These results suggest that the potential influence of out-of-school activities on different language aspects is related to the particular context in which the L2 is learned and to the language proficiency of the learner.
- Źródło:
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Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching; 2021, 11, 2; 185-212
2083-5205
2084-1965 - Pojawia się w:
- Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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