A Processability Approach to Instructed Language Learning in Multilingual Contexts
Existing research indicates a qualitative difference between Second Language Learning and Third Language Acquisition, and certain psycholinguistic and developmental aspects of multilingual learners merit investigation. The present article examines stages in receptive learner acquisition of Englis...
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Existing research indicates a qualitative difference between Second Language Learning and Third Language Acquisition, and certain psycholinguistic and developmental aspects of multilingual learners merit investigation. The present article examines stages in receptive learner acquisition of English as a Third Language at Italian medium primary schools in South Tyrol (Italy) employing a picture selection task and implicational scaling analysis. It highlights the role that processing approaches to acquisition proposing constraints on developmental readiness and cross-linguistic influence may play in the emergence of receptive competence in morphosyntactic structures.
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| spelling | doaj.art-c70dd23bc9fa48c6bc0b43f5f2dddaa62023-10-30T08:14:07ZengFondazione Università Ca’ FoscariEducazione Linguistica Language Education2280-67922022-07-0111210.30687/ELLE/2280-6792/2022/02/003journal_article_8182A Processability Approach to Instructed Language Learning in Multilingual ContextsForsyth, Helen Victoria0Libera Università di Bolzano, Italia Existing research indicates a qualitative difference between Second Language Learning and Third Language Acquisition, and certain psycholinguistic and developmental aspects of multilingual learners merit investigation. The present article examines stages in receptive learner acquisition of English as a Third Language at Italian medium primary schools in South Tyrol (Italy) employing a picture selection task and implicational scaling analysis. It highlights the role that processing approaches to acquisition proposing constraints on developmental readiness and cross-linguistic influence may play in the emergence of receptive competence in morphosyntactic structures. http://doi.org/10.30687/ELLE/2280-6792/2022/02/003Developmentally Moderated Transfer Hypothesis. Multilingualism. Processability Theory. Receptive competence. Teachability Hypothesis. Third Language Acquisition |
| spellingShingle | Forsyth, Helen Victoria A Processability Approach to Instructed Language Learning in Multilingual Contexts Educazione Linguistica Language Education Developmentally Moderated Transfer Hypothesis. Multilingualism. Processability Theory. Receptive competence. Teachability Hypothesis. Third Language Acquisition |
| title | A Processability Approach to Instructed Language Learning in Multilingual Contexts |
| title_full | A Processability Approach to Instructed Language Learning in Multilingual Contexts |
| title_fullStr | A Processability Approach to Instructed Language Learning in Multilingual Contexts |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Processability Approach to Instructed Language Learning in Multilingual Contexts |
| title_short | A Processability Approach to Instructed Language Learning in Multilingual Contexts |
| title_sort | processability approach to instructed language learning in multilingual contexts |
| topic | Developmentally Moderated Transfer Hypothesis. Multilingualism. Processability Theory. Receptive competence. Teachability Hypothesis. Third Language Acquisition |
| url | http://doi.org/10.30687/ELLE/2280-6792/2022/02/003 |
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