Changing Event Categorization in Second Language Users through Perceptual Learning

Autor/in	Vanek, Norbert
Titel	Changing Event Categorization in Second Language Users through Perceptual Learning
Quelle	In: Language Learning, 70 (2020) 2, S.309-348 (40 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Vanek, Norbert)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0023-8333
DOI	10.1111/lang.12377
Schlagwörter	Classification; Learning Processes; Second Language Learning; Grammar; English (Second Language); Interference (Language) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Learning process; Lernprozess; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Grammatik; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache
Abstract	This study examined the impact of a second language (L2) on how event phases are categorized. The aim was to test how strong a boost the L2 system provides when learners are trained to classify events in a new way. The targeted linguistic contrast was the grammatical expression of change-of-state events in progress, available in English but far less so in Chinese. Advanced Chinese learners of English received categorization training in four conditions: action-biased, completion-biased, verbally-distracted, and with overt L2 encoding. Experiment 1 tested the extent to which learners' first language facilitates event categorization. Experiment 2 compared learning success in L2-based categorization with and without verbal interference. Experiment 3 measured the benefits of explicit L2 verbalization for L2-based category learning. The results showed that L2 grammar has a graded impact on learning, categorization with overt verbalization having the highest, followed by categorization in silence, and categorization with verbal interference the lowest, although not significantly reduced. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01