Author, as appears in the article.: He, Qiaoling; Oltra-Massuet, Isabel
Department: Estudis Anglesos i Alemanys
URV's Author/s: He, Qiaoling / Oltra Massuet, Maria Isabel
Keywords: Language production competence Interaction-based poa tasks Implicit knowledge Grammatical sensitivity Efl learners violations language production competence l2 interaction-based poa tasks implicit knowledge grammatical sensitivity gender 2nd-language
Abstract: Implicit knowledge acquired by L2 learners determines their language competence; however, it remains an issue to what extent advanced EFL learners can acquire implicit language knowledge. This study aims at finding out whether advanced EFL learners from two different L1s could acquire a level of implicit knowledge of English questions by using the modified Elicited Oral Imitation Task. A quantitative, experimental study with the Elicited Oral Imitation Task experimental tool was designed. A total number of 91 participants were recruited via the online experimental platform from October to November, 2021, distributed into a native speaker group, a Chinese EFL learner group, and a Spanish EFL group. The study evaluated participants’ implicit language knowledge by assessing two indicators: the grammatical sensitivity index and the production index. Independent-sample t-test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) were applied to examine the differences in the two indices among different groups. Results revealed that both EFL groups displayed a significant difference with the native speaker group in their degree of implicit knowledge of English questions in general. A further comparison of the two indicators showed that while both EFL groups displayed a relatively high grammatical sensitivity to morpho-syntactic errors in English questions, their corrective production rate of ungrammatical sentences was notably lower. These results indicate that advanced EFL learners had difficulty in acquiring implicit knowledge of English questions at native speaker’ level. These findings also imply a gap between EFL learners’ language knowledge level and corresponding language production competence. Targeting this gap within the Interaction-based production-oriented approach pedagogical implications based on were suggested for enhancing EFL learners’ language production competence in EFL contexts.
Thematic Areas: Saúde coletiva Psychology, multidisciplinary Psychology (miscellaneous) Psychology (all) Psychology Psicología Nutrição Medicina ii Medicina i Linguística e literatura Interdisciplinar General psychology Filosofía Ensino Engenharias iv Enfermagem Educação física Educação Economia Ciencias sociales Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Ciência da computação Biotecnología Biodiversidade Astronomia / física Artes Administração pública e de empresas, ciências contábeis e turismo
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: qiaoling.he@estudiants.urv.cat isabel.oltra@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0003-2802-3856
Record's date: 2024-10-12
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Frontiers In Psychology. 14 1096875-
APA: He, Qiaoling; Oltra-Massuet, Isabel (2023). An experimental study on grammatical sensitivity and production competence in Chinese and Spanish EFL learners and its implications on EFL teaching methods. Frontiers In Psychology, 14(), 1096875-. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1096875
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2023
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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