Autor segons l'article: He, Qiaoling; Oltra-Massuet, Isabel
Departament: Estudis Anglesos i Alemanys
Autor/s de la URV: Oltra Massuet, Maria Isabel
Paraules clau: Morphosyntactic errors Language teaching L1 transfer Interlanguage Instruction Implicit Explicit Error English question acquisition English as a foreign language Chinese efl learners Applied linguistics 2nd-language
Resum: As one type of the most extensively used sentences, English questions are must-learn grammatical structures for learners of English as a foreign language (EFL). However, it is commonly seen that English learners across proficiency levels produce ungrammatical English questions. To determine the source of learners' erroneous production, we conducted a written test to collect hands-on data of four types of English questions produced by 81 Chinese EFL preliminary learners. Learners' achievement scores showed that learners from both higher and lower proficiency groups had similar difficulty producing questions. The statistics also showed morphosyntactic inconsistencies in learners' production were congregating on auxiliaries' choice and tense variation. Cross-linguistic transfer from first language (L1) in English question acquisition for Chinese EFL learners was measured against the three dimensions of Jarvis' (2000) methodological model. Influence from learners' L1 was found to be related to preliminary learners' morphosyntactic inconsistencies. The findings suggest that practitioners in an EFL context should raise learners' grammatical consciousness, and design production-oriented tasks, to improve learners' morphosyntactic accuracy in English question formation.
Àrees temàtiques: Linguistics and language Linguistics Language and linguistics Filologia, lingüística i sociolingüística Education & educational research Education Educació Ciencias sociales Ciencias humanas
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Adreça de correu electrònic de l'autor: isabel.oltra@urv.cat
Identificador de l'autor: 0000-0003-2802-3856
Data d'alta del registre: 2024-10-12
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Enllaç font original: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/13621688211029430?journalCode=ltra&
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Referència a l'article segons font original: Language Teaching Research. 28 (4): 13621688211029430-1367
Referència de l'ítem segons les normes APA: He, Qiaoling; Oltra-Massuet, Isabel (2024). Morphosyntactic inconsistency in cross-linguistic transfer: Pedagogical implications for teaching English questions to Chinese EFL learners. Language Teaching Research, 28(4), 13621688211029430-1367. DOI: 10.1177/13621688211029430
DOI de l'article: 10.1177/13621688211029430
Entitat: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Any de publicació de la revista: 2024
Tipus de publicació: Journal Publications
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