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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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/).

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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
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