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View article: The Teacher’s Turn: Teachers’ Perceptions of Observed Patterns of Classroom Interaction
The Teacher’s Turn: Teachers’ Perceptions of Observed Patterns of Classroom Interaction Open
Insight in the way verbal teacher-student classroom interaction unfolds during the language lesson is of crucial importance for effective teaching. Although classroom observational research is indispensable, it is unable to uncover underly…
View article: When Language Switching is Cost‐Free: The Effect of Preparation Time
When Language Switching is Cost‐Free: The Effect of Preparation Time Open
Previous research has shown that language switching is costly, and that these costs are likely to persist even when speakers are given ample time to prepare. The aim of this study was to determine whether there are cognitive limitations to…
View article: The complex dynamics of adaptive teaching: observing teacher-student interaction in the language classroom
The complex dynamics of adaptive teaching: observing teacher-student interaction in the language classroom Open
Real-time verbal interactions between foreign language teachers and their students are of vital importance for language development, but classroom interactions are also multi-faceted and complex. The way a teacher understands and responds …
View article: Measures of variability in transitional phases in second language development
Measures of variability in transitional phases in second language development Open
This paper investigates measures of change to help demonstrate the necessity of variability as a developmental mechanism for advancing different features of L2 learning (related here primarily to writing, but also to reading) with a partic…
View article: Variability as normal as apple pie
Variability as normal as apple pie Open
In recent studies in second language (L2) development, notably within the focus of Complex Dynamic Systems Theory (CDST), non-systematic variation has been extensively studied as intra-individual variation, which we will refer to as variab…
View article: Regional Variation in West and East Coast African-American English Prosody and Rap Flows
Regional Variation in West and East Coast African-American English Prosody and Rap Flows Open
Regional variation in African-American English (AAE) is especially salient to its speakers involved with hip-hop culture, as hip-hop assigns great importance to regional identity and regional accents are a key means of expressing regional …
View article: Prosodic Changes in the Speech of a Single Speaker with Parkinson's Disease
Prosodic Changes in the Speech of a Single Speaker with Parkinson's Disease Open
This contribution describes our research into how Parkinson’s Disease (PD) impacts the production and perception of speech. We performed a longitudinal study, making a time series of monthly recordings of the same individual with PD over a…
View article: Do low L2 abilities impede healthy aging for migrant older adults in the Netherlands?
Do low L2 abilities impede healthy aging for migrant older adults in the Netherlands? Open
Research towards aging of migrant populations has so far mostly focused on (bio)medical and psychological aspects. Here we explore to what extent second language ability is a factor influencing the healthy aging process of older Turkish mi…
View article: Intensity of Multilingual Language Use Predicts Cognitive Performance in Some Multilingual Older Adults
Intensity of Multilingual Language Use Predicts Cognitive Performance in Some Multilingual Older Adults Open
Cognitive advantages for bilinguals have inconsistently been observed in different populations, with different operationalisations of bilingualism, cognitive performance, and the process by which language control transfers to cognitive con…
View article: The language barrier in migrant aging
The language barrier in migrant aging Open
Studies on aging and migration often note a ‘language barrier’ for older migrants when communicating in a (medical) second language (L2) context. Yet how a limited L2 proficiency impacts the aging process of migrant adults has, so far, not…
View article: Word Naming in the L1 and L2: A Dynamic Perspective on Automatization and the Degree of Semantic Involvement in Naming
Word Naming in the L1 and L2: A Dynamic Perspective on Automatization and the Degree of Semantic Involvement in Naming Open
Reaction time data have long been collected in order to gain insight into the underlying mechanisms involved in language processing. Means analyses often attempt to break down what factors relate to what portion of the total reaction time.…
View article: Lexical access in a bilingual speaker with dementia: Changes over time
Lexical access in a bilingual speaker with dementia: Changes over time Open
In this article, we explore the naming skills of a bilingual English-Norwegian speaker diagnosed with Primary Progressive Aphasia, in each of his languages across three different speech contexts: confrontation naming, semi-spontaneous narr…
View article: Bilingual Language Switching: Production vs. Recognition
Bilingual Language Switching: Production vs. Recognition Open
This study aims at assessing how bilinguals select words in the appropriate language in production and recognition while minimizing interference from the non-appropriate language. Two prominent models are considered which assume that when …
View article: Circadian rhythms and second language performance
Circadian rhythms and second language performance Open
Human behavior is not constant over the hours of the day, and there are considerable individual differences. Some people raise early and go to bed early and have their peek performance early in the day (“larks”) while others tend to go to …
View article: Editorial
Editorial Open
Teachers have known for a long time that language learners differ and that a one-size-fits-all does not exist. Still in the days of structuralism, language and its users were seen as being a “thing” to be learned and taught, and since the …
View article: Affective and situational correlates of foreign language proficiency: A study of Chinese university learners of English and Japanese
Affective and situational correlates of foreign language proficiency: A study of Chinese university learners of English and Japanese Open
The study explores the effects of teacher support and student cohesiveness on foreign language (FL) learning outcomes and compares their effect with that of FL anxiety. One hundred and forty-six first-year Chinese undergraduates of Japanes…
View article: Individual differences in very young Chinese children’s English vocabulary breadth and semantic depth: internal and external factors
Individual differences in very young Chinese children’s English vocabulary breadth and semantic depth: internal and external factors Open
This study examines the English vocabulary development of 43 very young child EFL learners (age 3;2-6;2) in China. They were tested twice for vocabulary breadth (reception and production) and semantic depth (paradigmatic and syntagmatic vo…
View article: Using social media to measure language use
Using social media to measure language use Open
Investigations of language use in multilingual regions are traditionally done through the usage of retrospective questionnaires, either distributed on paper, or digitally. The aim of the present study was to test a new method of measuring …
View article: A bilingual advantage in task switching? Age-related differences between German monolinguals and Dutch-Frisian bilinguals
A bilingual advantage in task switching? Age-related differences between German monolinguals and Dutch-Frisian bilinguals Open
This study investigated whether lifelong bilingualism can be associated with enhanced executive control, particularly mental flexibility, and with a modulation of an age-related decline in these functions. We compared performance of middle…
View article: Factors associated with foreign language anxiety
Factors associated with foreign language anxiety Open
This paper reports a study that investigates and compares the effects of foreign language proficiency, social status of a learner’s family, self-esteem, and competitiveness on FL anxiety. Chinese university students ( N = 146), who were le…
View article: Individual differences in very young children's English acquisition in China: Internal and external factors
Individual differences in very young children's English acquisition in China: Internal and external factors Open
This study assesses the impact of internal and external factors on very young EFL learners in an instructional setting. 71 child English learners in China (onset age: 2;0 - 5;6) were involved: their receptive vocabulary, productive vocabul…
View article: The anxiety-proficiency relationship and the stability of anxiety: The case of Chinese university learners of English and Japanese
The anxiety-proficiency relationship and the stability of anxiety: The case of Chinese university learners of English and Japanese Open
Adopting a longitudinal design, this study investigates the effects of foreign language anxiety on foreign language proficiency over time within English and Japanese learning contexts. It also explores the stability of anxiety in English a…
View article: Factors associated with foreign language anxiety
Factors associated with foreign language anxiety Open
This paper reports a study that investigates and compares the effects of foreign language proficiency, social status of a learner’s family, self-esteem, and competitiveness on FL anxiety. Chinese university students (N = 146), who were lea…