Chapter 10. Transfer from an L2 in third language learning
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Laura Sanchez
Abstract
This chapter addresses the role of proficiency in a prior non-native language (L2 proficiency) on transfer in third language learning. It discusses some methodological considerations and gaps in previous research, while also bringing up conceptual difficulties in defining, operationalizing and measuring L2 proficiency. An empirical study is presented on the role played by overall proficiency in L2 German on the occurrence of transfer in L3 English written production in Spanish/ Catalan bilingual learners (n = 73). The statistical treatment of the data relied on an ANCOVA with number of transferred items as the dependent variable and L2 proficiency as the independent variable. Biological age and proficiency in the target language (L3 proficiency) were used as covariates in this analysis.
Abstract
This chapter addresses the role of proficiency in a prior non-native language (L2 proficiency) on transfer in third language learning. It discusses some methodological considerations and gaps in previous research, while also bringing up conceptual difficulties in defining, operationalizing and measuring L2 proficiency. An empirical study is presented on the role played by overall proficiency in L2 German on the occurrence of transfer in L3 English written production in Spanish/ Catalan bilingual learners (n = 73). The statistical treatment of the data relied on an ANCOVA with number of transferred items as the dependent variable and L2 proficiency as the independent variable. Biological age and proficiency in the target language (L3 proficiency) were used as covariates in this analysis.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgments ix
- L3 syntactic transfer – an integrative approach 1
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Part I. Refining the existing models on L3 syntactic transfer
- Chapter 1. Language control in the context of L3 acquisition 13
- Chapter 2. Toward a new understanding of syntactic CLI 35
- Chapter 3. Testing the current models of third language acquisition 63
- Chapter 4. The L2 status factor hypothesis revisited 85
- Chapter 5. Transfer or no transfer; that is the question 103
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Part II. New empirical studies on L3 syntactic transfer
- Chapter 6. On pronouns that drop (out of German) 127
- Chapter 7. Transfer effects in the acquisition of double object constructions in English as an L3 143
- Chapter 8. L3 morphosyntactic effects on L1 vs. L2 systems 173
- Chapter 9. (When) do L3 English learners transfer from L2 German? 195
- Chapter 10. Transfer from an L2 in third language learning 223
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Part III. Implications for instructed L3 acquisition
- Chapter 11. Input Processing and Processing Instruction 253
- Chapter 12. From theory to practice in multilingualism 277
- Chapter 13. Input-Practice-Output 299
- About the contributors 321
- Index 325
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgments ix
- L3 syntactic transfer – an integrative approach 1
-
Part I. Refining the existing models on L3 syntactic transfer
- Chapter 1. Language control in the context of L3 acquisition 13
- Chapter 2. Toward a new understanding of syntactic CLI 35
- Chapter 3. Testing the current models of third language acquisition 63
- Chapter 4. The L2 status factor hypothesis revisited 85
- Chapter 5. Transfer or no transfer; that is the question 103
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Part II. New empirical studies on L3 syntactic transfer
- Chapter 6. On pronouns that drop (out of German) 127
- Chapter 7. Transfer effects in the acquisition of double object constructions in English as an L3 143
- Chapter 8. L3 morphosyntactic effects on L1 vs. L2 systems 173
- Chapter 9. (When) do L3 English learners transfer from L2 German? 195
- Chapter 10. Transfer from an L2 in third language learning 223
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Part III. Implications for instructed L3 acquisition
- Chapter 11. Input Processing and Processing Instruction 253
- Chapter 12. From theory to practice in multilingualism 277
- Chapter 13. Input-Practice-Output 299
- About the contributors 321
- Index 325