Grammatical and Lexical Development During Short‐Term Study Abroad: Exploring L2 Contact and Initial Proficiency,The Modern Language Journal

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Grammatical and Lexical Development During Short‐Term Study Abroad: Exploring L2 Contact and Initial Proficiency
The Modern Language Journal ( IF 4.7 ) Pub Date : 2020-11-12 , DOI: 10.1111/modl.12677
BERNARD IBRAHIM ISSA ₁ , MANDY FARETTA–STUTENBERG ₂ , HARRIET WOOD BOWDEN ₁

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This study examined linguistic development among both intermediate and advanced college‐level second language (L2) learners during short‐term study abroad summer programs in Spain. Participants completed a measure of overall proficiency, as well as assessments of receptive grammatical (morphosyntactic) and lexical (semantic) abilities at the beginning and end of their programs. They also reported their use of and exposure to the target language on a weekly basis while abroad. Analyses explored (a) whether learners in each group made gains in these receptive abilities, and (b) to what extent contact with the L2 and/or initial proficiency accounted for variability in linguistic development across all learners. Results indicated that learners in both groups evidenced significant linguistic gains, in both morphosyntactic and lexical domains for the intermediate‐level learners, and in the lexical domain for the advanced learners. In analyses across all learners, L2 contact did not account for variability in either morphosyntactic or lexical development, whereas higher initial proficiency facilitated some morphosyntactic and lexical development. Results suggest that learners at both intermediate and advanced levels can experience linguistic gains during short‐term study abroad, and that initial proficiency plays a limited role in explaining variability in gains among these learners.

中文翻译：

国外短期学习中的语法和词汇发展：探索L2接触和初始能力

这项研究在西班牙的短期海外留学计划期间检查了中级和高级大学水平第二语言（L2）学习者的语言发展。参加者在课程开始和结束时完成了对整体熟练程度的评估，并对接受语法（形态语法）和词汇（语义）能力进行了评估。他们还报告了他们每周在国外使用和接触目标语言的情况。分析探讨了（a）每个组的学习者是否在这些接受能力上有所收获，以及（b）与L2和/或初始水平的接触程度在多大程度上解释了所有学习者的语言发展差异。结果表明，两组学习者的语言能力都有明显提高，在中级学习者的词法和词法领域，对于高级学习者的词法领域。在对所有学习者的分析中，L2接触并没有考虑到句法或词法发展的可变性，而较高的初始熟练程度促进了一些词法和词法发展。结果表明，中级和高级学习者都可以在国外短期学习中获得语言学上的收获，而最初的熟练程度在解释这些学习者之间的变化方面起着有限的作用。而较高的初始熟练程度促进了一些词法和词汇发展。结果表明，中级和高级学习者都可以在国外短期学习中获得语言学上的收获，而最初的熟练程度在解释这些学习者之间的变化方面起着有限的作用。而较高的初始熟练程度促进了一些词法和词汇发展。结果表明，中级和高级学习者都可以在国外短期学习中获得语言学上的收获，而最初的熟练程度在解释这些学习者之间的变化方面起着有限的作用。

更新日期：2020-11-12

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