Exploring a New Technique for Comparing Bilinguals' L1 and L2 Reading Speed

Autor/inn/en	Gauvin, Hanna S.; Hulstijn, Jan H.
Titel	Exploring a New Technique for Comparing Bilinguals' L1 and L2 Reading Speed
Quelle	In: Reading in a Foreign Language, 22 (2010) 1, S.84-103 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1539-0578
Schlagwörter	Sentences; Reading Fluency; Reading Rate; Reading Instruction; Comparative Analysis; Second Language Learning; Language Acquisition; Bilingualism; Inhibition; College Students; Task Analysis; Indo European Languages; English (Second Language); Language Proficiency; Prediction; Layout (Publications) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sentence analysis; Satzanalyse; Reading readiness; Reading speed; Lesegeschwindigkeit; Leseunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Bilingualismus; Hemmung; Collegestudent; Aufgabenanalyse; Indoeuropäisch; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Vorhersage; Textgestaltung
Abstract	Is it possible to tell whether bilinguals are able to read simple text in their two languages equally fluently? Is it thus possible to distinguish balanced bilinguals from unbalanced bilinguals with respect to reading fluency in their first language (L1) and second language (L2)? In this study, we avoided making direct comparisons between L1 and L2 reading speeds, comparing, instead, the amount of inhibition caused by a nonlinguistic, external factor (degraded text visibility). In two tasks, 32 university students read 20 target sentences in L1 Dutch and L2 English, each sentence appearing both in normal and in poorly readable font. Degraded font affected reading times substantially, more so in L2 than in L1, as predicted. However, it was not found that participants with higher L2 proficiency were less affected by degraded font in L2 reading than participants with lower L2 proficiency. (Contains 5 tables and 4 notes.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Reading in a Foreign Language. National Foreign Language Resource Center, 1859 East-West Road #106, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822. e-mail: readfl@hawaii.edu; Web site: http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/rfl/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10