Oral Fluency and Complexity in AH and a Non-target Language SA Context A Comparison of Chinese Students in Learning English in China and Spain
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Zai Xuanchu
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Zai Xuanchu
Available Online December 2018.
- DOI
- 10.2991/icelaic-18.2018.82How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- oral fluency; complexity; AH context; non-target language SA; Chinese English learners
- Abstract
The present study investigates the differential effects of two language learning conditions, foreign language learning at home and at a non-English speaking country on the oral skills of two advanced Chinese learners of English. The participants’ English oral competence is assessed through quantitative measures of Fluency and Complexity. The results reveal that cross-linguistic influence (CLI) hinders SA learner’s oral fluency compared to AH learner, while maintain complexity. These findings provide evidence for CLI on the dimension of oral production.
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- © 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Zai Xuanchu PY - 2018/12 DA - 2018/12 TI - Oral Fluency and Complexity in AH and a Non-target Language SA Context A Comparison of Chinese Students in Learning English in China and Spain BT - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Education, Language, Art and Inter-cultural Communication (ICELAIC 2018) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 372 EP - 375 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/icelaic-18.2018.82 DO - 10.2991/icelaic-18.2018.82 ID - Xuanchu2018/12 ER -