A large-scale repository of spoken narratives in French, German and Spanish from Cantonese-speaking learners
Abstract Interdisciplinary research on foreign language learning has important implications for learning and education. In this paper, we present the Repository of Third Language (L3) Spoken Narratives from Modern Language Learners in Hong Kong (L3HK Repository). This database contains 906 audio rec...
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| description | Abstract Interdisciplinary research on foreign language learning has important implications for learning and education. In this paper, we present the Repository of Third Language (L3) Spoken Narratives from Modern Language Learners in Hong Kong (L3HK Repository). This database contains 906 audio recordings and annotated transcripts of spoken narratives in French, German, and Spanish that were elicited from Cantonese-speaking (L1) young adults using a wordless picture book, “Frog, Where Are You?”. All participants spoke English as the second language (L2) and learned the target language as a third language (L3). We collected their demographic information, answers to a motivation questionnaire, parental socioeconomic status, and music background. Furthermore, for a subset of participants, we collected their L1 and L2 proficiency scores and additional experimental data on working memory and music perception. This database is valuable for examining cross-sectional changes in foreign language learning. The extensive data on phenotypes provide opportunities to explore learner-internal and learner-external factors in foreign language learning outcomes. These data may also be helpful for those who work on speech recognition. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9c2b465621f5442b8810eb575b4990332023-04-09T11:07:33ZengNature PortfolioScientific Data2052-44632023-04-011011910.1038/s41597-023-02090-6A large-scale repository of spoken narratives in French, German and Spanish from Cantonese-speaking learnersXin Kang0Virginia Yip1Stephen Matthews2Patrick C. M. Wong3Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, The Chinese University of Hong KongDepartment of Linguistics and Modern Languages, The Chinese University of Hong KongDepartment of Linguistics, The University of Hong KongDepartment of Linguistics and Modern Languages, The Chinese University of Hong KongAbstract Interdisciplinary research on foreign language learning has important implications for learning and education. In this paper, we present the Repository of Third Language (L3) Spoken Narratives from Modern Language Learners in Hong Kong (L3HK Repository). This database contains 906 audio recordings and annotated transcripts of spoken narratives in French, German, and Spanish that were elicited from Cantonese-speaking (L1) young adults using a wordless picture book, “Frog, Where Are You?”. All participants spoke English as the second language (L2) and learned the target language as a third language (L3). We collected their demographic information, answers to a motivation questionnaire, parental socioeconomic status, and music background. Furthermore, for a subset of participants, we collected their L1 and L2 proficiency scores and additional experimental data on working memory and music perception. This database is valuable for examining cross-sectional changes in foreign language learning. The extensive data on phenotypes provide opportunities to explore learner-internal and learner-external factors in foreign language learning outcomes. These data may also be helpful for those who work on speech recognition.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02090-6 |
| spellingShingle | Xin Kang Virginia Yip Stephen Matthews Patrick C. M. Wong A large-scale repository of spoken narratives in French, German and Spanish from Cantonese-speaking learners Scientific Data |
| title | A large-scale repository of spoken narratives in French, German and Spanish from Cantonese-speaking learners |
| title_full | A large-scale repository of spoken narratives in French, German and Spanish from Cantonese-speaking learners |
| title_fullStr | A large-scale repository of spoken narratives in French, German and Spanish from Cantonese-speaking learners |
| title_full_unstemmed | A large-scale repository of spoken narratives in French, German and Spanish from Cantonese-speaking learners |
| title_short | A large-scale repository of spoken narratives in French, German and Spanish from Cantonese-speaking learners |
| title_sort | large scale repository of spoken narratives in french german and spanish from cantonese speaking learners |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02090-6 |
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