The role of parental factors and the self in predicting positive L2 outcomes among Japanese learners of English
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DOI: 10.1080/01434632.2019.1597874
Abstract: ABSTRACT The current study had two objectives: (a) to quantitatively investigate whether Japanese language learners of English have inclusive second language (L2) self-related motivations, and how inclusive L2 self-related motivations contribute to English learning effort… read more here.
Keywords: english learning; self related; learners english; japanese learners ... See more keywords
Interaction of drift and distinctiveness in L1 English-L2 Japanese learners
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DOI: 10.1121/1.4987389
Abstract: Dynamic L2 effects on L1 phonetics appear in experienced and novice second language learners, raising the question of what linguistic and cognitive factors determine their occurrence, degree, and direction (assimilatory versus dissimilatory). Unlike Chang (2012),… read more here.
Keywords: voiceless stops; interaction drift; japanese learners; english japanese ... See more keywords