Environmental Influence on Language Acquisition: Comparing Second and Foreign Language Acquisition of Swedish

Autor/inn/en	Hakansson, Gisela; Norrby, Catrin
Titel	Environmental Influence on Language Acquisition: Comparing Second and Foreign Language Acquisition of Swedish
Quelle	In: Language Learning, 60 (2010) 3, S.628-650 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0023-8333
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-9922.2010.00569.x
Schlagwörter	Association Measures; Scoring; Foreign Countries; Native Speakers; Second Language Learning; Pragmatics; Grammar; Longitudinal Studies; College Students; Vocabulary; Linguistic Theory; Task Analysis; Linguistic Input; Second Language Instruction; Swedish; Australia; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bewertung; Ausland; Muttersprachler; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Pragmalinguistik; Grammatik; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Collegestudent; Wortschatz; Linguistische Theorie; Aufgabenanalyse; Sprachbildung; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Schwedisch; Australien; Schweden
Abstract	This article explores the influence of the learning environment on the second language acquisition of Swedish. Data were collected longitudinally over 1 year from 35 university students studying Swedish in Malmo, Sweden, and in Melbourne, Australia. Three areas were investigated: grammar, pragmatics, and lexicon. The development of grammar was analyzed within the framework of Processability Theory (Pienemann, 1998, 2005). For the pragmatic analysis, the learners' production in a gap-filling task was measured against answers from 100 native speakers. A scoring system was devised to enable comparisons between learners and native speakers. The lexical analysis was based on a word association test. The results show that the grammar developed similarly in the two groups, whereas differences between the groups were found in pragmatics and lexicon. This variation is explained by differences in target language exposure. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10