Sex and language proficiency level in color-naming performance: an ESL/EFL perspective.

Autor/in	Yang, Yonglin
Titel	Sex and language proficiency level in color-naming performance: an ESL/EFL perspective.
Quelle	In: International journal of applied linguistics, 11 (2001) 2, S. 238-256Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Anhang; Anmerkungen; Literaturangaben; Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1473-4192
DOI	10.1111/1473-4192.00016
Schlagwörter	Empirische Forschung; Kognitionspsychologie; Geschlechtsspezifischer Unterschied; Experiment; Farbe; Aktiver Wortschatz; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Englisch; Englischunterricht; Chinesisch; Demografie; Hochschule; China
Abstract	The study investigates sex and language proficiency differences in the color-naming performance of Chinese-speaking English learners at the university level. Data were obtained on color terms used by 40 females and 40 males in naming 40 color stimuli. An interest-related variable, have demographic factors, and seven language proficiency indices were introduced as coefficients in this study. The results confirm the findings discovered in relevant studies: (1) women possessed a larger color vocabulary than men, (2) their color repertoire also displayed a wider aesthetic range, and (3) they were more accurate in color naming and left fewer colors unidentified. A significant correlation was found between learners' color-coding performance and some of their exam scores. Color-related interests and demographic factors also correlated with subjects' color-coding ability. Women's superiority in color-naming ability is discussed in relation to physiological and cognitive research on color perception. (Verlag, adapt.).
Erfasst von	Informationszentrum für Fremdsprachenforschung, Marburg
Update	2023/1