Quantifying the Difference in Reading Fluency between L1 and L2 Readers of English

Autor/inn/en	Nisbet, Kelly; Bertram, Raymond; Erlinghagen, Charlotte; Pieczykolan, Aleks; Kuperman, Victor
Titel	Quantifying the Difference in Reading Fluency between L1 and L2 Readers of English
Quelle	In: Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 44 (2022) 2, S.407-434 (28 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Nisbet, Kelly) ORCID (Kuperman, Victor)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-2631
DOI	10.1017/S0272263121000279
Schlagwörter	Reading Fluency; English (Second Language); Finno Ugric Languages; German; Native Language; Foreign Countries; Language Skills; Language Classification; Second Language Learning; Transfer of Training; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Deutscher; Ausland; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Sprachtypologie; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Kanada
Abstract	This study is a comparative examination of reading behavior of first-language (L1) Canadian and second-language (L2) Finnish and German readers of English. We measured eye-movement patterns during reading the same set of English sentences and administered tests of English vocabulary, spelling, and exposure to print. The core of our study is a novel method of statistical prediction used to generate hypothetical Finnish and German participants with maximum observed L1 scores in all component skills. We found that with L1-like component skills, hypothetical German readers can show the same reading speed as the L1 group. We hypothesize this advantage comes from the small linguistic distance to English. Conversely, hypothetical Finnish readers remain disadvantaged even with maximum component skills, likely due to a larger linguistic distance. We discuss theoretical and applied implications of our method for L2 acquisition research. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01