TY - JOUR
T1 - The influence of L1 frequency in instructed second language learning of L2 idioms
AU - Türker, Ebru
N1 - Funding Information:
I would like to thank Dr. Michael Gradoville for his assistance on the statistical analysis of this study. My sincere thanks go to two anonymous reviewers for their comments and suggestions on earlier versions of this paper. The usual disclaimer applies.
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PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - This study investigates the influence of L1 frequency on the acquisition of L2 idioms with an experiment employing structured input instruction based on the input processing model. Intermediate L2 Korean learners completed a pretest, computer-assisted instructional treatment session, and posttest. The tests included production, interpretation, and meaning tasks, which manipulated amount of context and idiom type (i.e., Shared L1-L2 idioms, which have linguistic representations in both languages and are subgrouped by high or low L1 frequency, and L2 Only idioms, which have no L1 equivalent). The results show that high L1 frequency had a consistently facilitatory effect on the learning of equivalent L2 idioms, but that context had the strongest effect on the learning of L2 idioms that have no counterpart in the L1.
AB - This study investigates the influence of L1 frequency on the acquisition of L2 idioms with an experiment employing structured input instruction based on the input processing model. Intermediate L2 Korean learners completed a pretest, computer-assisted instructional treatment session, and posttest. The tests included production, interpretation, and meaning tasks, which manipulated amount of context and idiom type (i.e., Shared L1-L2 idioms, which have linguistic representations in both languages and are subgrouped by high or low L1 frequency, and L2 Only idioms, which have no L1 equivalent). The results show that high L1 frequency had a consistently facilitatory effect on the learning of equivalent L2 idioms, but that context had the strongest effect on the learning of L2 idioms that have no counterpart in the L1.
KW - Acquisition
KW - Context
KW - Frequency
KW - Idiom
KW - Korean
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U2 - 10.1075/jsls.17007.tur
DO - 10.1075/jsls.17007.tur
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85121230342
VL - 1
SP - 333
EP - 356
JO - Journal of Second Language Studies
JF - Journal of Second Language Studies
SN - 2542-3835
IS - 2
ER -