Description

• Title:
  How do differences in exposure affect English language learning? A comparison of teenagers in two learning environments
• Creator:
  Muñoz, Carmen;
  Cadierno, Teresa
• Description:
  This study investigates whether potential differences in the weight of out-of-school and in-school learning environments affect the acquisition of L2 English by teenagers in two geographical contexts, more and less English-rich, and with less and more linguistic distance to English, respectively. Participants were two groups of 14-15-year-olds, from Denmark and Spain. Language measures included a listening comprehension test, a metalinguistic knowledge test, and a grammaticality judgment test. Data about out-of-classroom exposure was elicited via a questionnaire. The study showed that (a) the Danish group attained a significantly higher level in all language tests except for the metalinguistic knowledge test; (b) the Danish group engaged longer in out-of-school activities although the preference for some activities over others was similar in the two groups; and (c) the types of associations between out-of-school activities and language measures were different between the two groups. These results suggest that the potential influence of out-of-school activities on different language aspects is related to the particular context in which the L2 is learned and to the language proficiency of the learner.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights:
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2021 Carmen Muñoz, Teresa Cadierno
• Date:
  2021.06.24
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
• Language:
  English;
  eng
• Source:
  Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching; Vol. 11 No. 2 (2021); 185-212;
  Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching; Tom 11 Nr 2 (2021); 185-212;
  2084-1965;
  2083-5205
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
• Relation: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/ssllt/article/view/25173/25746
• Subject:
  out-of-school input;
  in-school input;
  linguistic distance;
  adolescents;
  subtitles
• Identifier: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/ssllt/article/view/25173
• Data provider:
  Platforma Otwartych Czasopism Naukowych UAM
• Can I use it?:
  seek permission
• Type:
  text