Abstract
Language contact is widely recognized as a factor that can have a significant impact on second language (L2) learners’ oral proficiency. However, the existing literature on this topic lacks consistency regarding the extent to which language contact can affect L2 oral outcomes. To address this issue, the present study investigates the role of ethnic identification as a mediating factor in the context of Chinese as a second language (CSL). By utilizing structural equation models (SEMs), this study reveals that: (1) language contact can directly affect Chinese oral proficiency, with interactive contact having a particular impact on oral fluency; (2) language contact indirectly affects CSL learners’ oral acquisition through ethnic identification, especially in terms of oral complexity and accuracy; and (3) language contact significantly influences ethnic identification. By constructing models that explore the relationships among language contact, ethnic identification, and Chinese oral proficiency, this study contributes to current theories of language contact in the L2 acquisition domain by highlighting the crucial role of ethnic identification.
Funding source: International Chinese Education Research Project of the Center for Language Education and Cooperation, Ministry of Education
Award Identifier / Grant number: 20YH16C
Funding source: Research Project of the International Chinese Education Base of the Center for Language Education and Cooperation, Ministry of Education
Award Identifier / Grant number: 22YHJD1030
Funding source: Research Funds of School of Chinese Studies and Culture Exchange, Renmin University of China
Award Identifier / Grant number: RMSCSCE-21002
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Research funding: This work was supported by International Chinese Education Research Project of the Center for Language Education and Cooperation, Ministry of Education (20YH16C), Research Project of the International Chinese Education Base of the Center for Language Education and Cooperation, Ministry of Education (22YHJD1030) and Research Funds of School of Chinese Studies and Culture Exchange, Renmin University of China (RMSCSCE-21002).
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- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- Young L2 learners in diverse instructional contexts
- Research Articles
- Impact of post-task explicit instruction on the interaction among child EFL learners in online task-based reading lessons
- Can we train young EFL learners to ‘notice the gap’? Exploring the relationship between metalinguistic awareness, grammar learning and the use of metalinguistic explanations in a dictogloss task
- Exploring self-regulated learning behaviours of young second language learners during group work
- Developmental trajectories of discourse features by age and learning environment
- Implementing an oral task in an EFL classroom with low proficient learners: a micro-evaluation
- Exploring teacher-student interaction in task and non-task sequences
- Children learning Mongolian as an additional language through the implementation of a task-based approach
- “Black children are gifted at learning languages – that’s why I could do TBLT”: inclusive Blackness as a pathway for TBLT innovation
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- Defining competencies for training non-native Korean speaking teachers: a Q methodology approach
- A cross-modal analysis of lexical sophistication: EFL and ESL learners in written and spoken production
- Using sentence processing speed and automaticity to predict L2 performance in the productive and receptive tasks
- Distance-invoked difficulty as a trigger for errors in Chinese and Japanese EFL learners’ English writings
- Exploring Chinese university English writing teachers’ emotions in providing feedback on student writing
- General auditory processing, Mandarin L1 prosodic and phonological awareness, and English L2 word learning
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- Validation of metacognitive knowledge in vocabulary learning and its predictive effects on incidental vocabulary learning from reading
- Anxiety and enjoyment in oral presentations: a mixed-method study into Chinese EFL learners’ oral presentation performance
- The influence of language contact and ethnic identification on Chinese as a second language learners’ oral proficiency
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