Learning More, Perceiving More? A Comparison of L1 Cantonese--L2 English--L3 French Speakers and L1 Cantonese--L2 English Speakers in Hong Kong

Autor/in	Tsang, Wai Lan
Titel	Learning More, Perceiving More? A Comparison of L1 Cantonese--L2 English--L3 French Speakers and L1 Cantonese--L2 English Speakers in Hong Kong
Quelle	In: International Journal of Multilingualism, 12 (2015) 3, S.312-337 (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1479-0718
DOI	10.1080/14790718.2014.961470
Schlagwörter	Native Language; Second Language Learning; Multilingualism; French; Language Proficiency; English (Second Language); Language Classification; Sino Tibetan Languages; Correlation; Task Analysis; Questionnaires; Language Tests; Transfer of Training; Placement; Comparative Analysis; Foreign Countries; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Französisch; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Sprachtypologie; Korrelation; Aufgabenanalyse; Fragebogen; Language test; Sprachtest; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Betriebspraktikum; Praktikum; Ausland; Hongkong
Abstract	This paper reports on a study examining the relationship between language learning and perceived language differences. Two groups of native Cantonese speakers in Hong Kong, L1 Cantonese--L2 English (CE) and L1 Cantonese--L2 English--L3 French (CEF), were asked to complete two tasks: a placement test in English (as well as in French for the CEF group) and a questionnaire on linguistic perception. While their performance in the placement test indicated that their English levels were comparable, their ratings and responses in the questionnaire indicated distinctive degrees of awareness and perception in the distance between their L1 Cantonese and L2 English. The advanced French participants in the CEF group were also found to be in the seemingly best position to express the similarities/differences among the languages. The differences observed are suggested to be related to enhanced cross-linguistic experience and the different L3 French proficiency levels the CEF group possessed. (As Provided).
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