No Evidence for Decreased Foreign Language Effect in Highly Proficient and Acculturated Bilinguals: A Commentary on Cavar and Tytus (2018)

Autor/inn/en	Bialek, Michal; Fugelsang, Jonathan
Titel	No Evidence for Decreased Foreign Language Effect in Highly Proficient and Acculturated Bilinguals: A Commentary on Cavar and Tytus (2018)
Quelle	In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 40 (2019) 8, S.679-686 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Bialek, Michal)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0143-4632
DOI	10.1080/01434632.2018.1547072
Schlagwörter	Bilingualism; Second Language Learning; Moral Values; Decision Making; Cognitive Processes; Native Language; Contrastive Linguistics; Acculturation; Cultural Awareness; Language Research; Criticism; Serbocroatian; German; Reading Processes; Linguistic Theory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bilingualismus; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Linguistics; Kontrastive Linguistik; Akkulturation; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Sprachforschung; Kritik; Serbokroatisch; Deutscher; Leseprozess; Linguistische Theorie
Abstract	Bilinguals who consider moral problems in their foreign language tend to endorse causing harm to others if that leads to good outcomes more than they do in their native language. Cavar and Tytus [2018. "Moral Judgement and Foreign Language Effect: When the Foreign Language Becomes the Second Language. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development" 39 (1): 17-28] reported that this effect disappears when the decision maker is highly acculturated. We challenge the latter conclusion. Specifically, the experiment reported by Cavar and Tytus (2018) utilised unvalidated and potentially unreliable materials, was underpowered, and lacked a control group. Moreover, a re-analysis of their statistical test shows that it fails to convincingly support the reported null finding. We conclude that further examination of the moral foreign language effect is needed to test its boundaries. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01