Grammatical and Lexical Development during Study Abroad: Research on a Corpus of Spoken L2 Chinese

Autor/in	Du, Hang
Titel	Grammatical and Lexical Development during Study Abroad: Research on a Corpus of Spoken L2 Chinese
Quelle	In: Foreign Language Annals, 55 (2022) 4, S.985-1005 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0015-718X
DOI	10.1111/flan.12631
Schlagwörter	Grammar; Vocabulary Development; Study Abroad; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Chinese; Orthographic Symbols; Teaching Methods; Computational Linguistics; Accuracy; Language Proficiency; Language Usage; Word Frequency; Foreign Countries; Speech Communication; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Grammatik; Wortschatzarbeit; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; China; Chinesen; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Linguistics; Computerlinguistik; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Sprachgebrauch; Word analysis; Frequency; Wortanalyse; Häufigkeit; Ausland
Abstract	Research investigating the effect of study abroad on the development of grammatical accuracy has produced conflicting results. Using corpus linguistics research methods--yet to be used more extensively in SLA research--this study investigated students' acquisition of grammatical accuracy and lexical development during study abroad in China on data from a subgroup of 62 students in a corpus of over 1 million characters of transcribed spoken L2 Chinese produced by 89 American college students who studied in China for a semester or academic year. Results show that the students made significant progress in their accuracy of using the perfective aspect marker [Chinese character omitted]"le"; they used more sophisticated vocabulary; and for the two words that mean "but" in English, they shifted from using the less frequent word [Chinese characters omitted]"keshì" to the more frequent[Chinese characters omitted] "dànshì," towards the native norm. The significance of such research and pedagogical implications are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01