English Language Attrition of EFL Tertiary Students in China Over a Two-Month Break by Yu, Zhonggen

“…Participants showed a lower level of positive motivation and fewer social activities for studying English language during the holiday than before the holiday and this could have contributed to the attrition in some of the linguistic abilities. …”
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English language attrition in short conversation and passage listening comprehension. by Yu, Zhonggen, Chan, Swee Heng

“…A test paper, adapted from China’s College English Test Band Six, was used as the instrument to measure participants’ short conversation and passage listening comprehension before and after the two-month holiday. The result indicates that participants’ short conversation listening comprehension improved significantly and obviously over the holiday. …”
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Mandarin attrition among tertiary students by Yu, Zhonggen, Chan, Swee Heng, Abdullah, Ain Nadzimah

“…This study aimed at determining whether Mandarin language attrition occurs in terms of Chinese character recognition, word order, and writing ability after a two-month holiday. The methodology of the study is mainly quantitative, and the data were obtained through pre- and post- tests. …”
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Linguistic representation of English vocabulary attrition by Yu, Zhonggen, Chan, Swee Heng, Abdullah, Ain Nadzimah

“…The authors identified a statistically significant vocabulary attrition during a two-month holiday. In the field of phonology, the authors reached the conclusion that medial segments of words are easily attrited, while words with similar onsets are easily attrited and the words with similar general rhythms are easily attrited. …”
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