Second language learners' private speech is associated with L2 development and motivation to learn the language¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2020 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person
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q2 i? In a small-scale study at an American university, students motivated to learn the language reported frequently producing L2 private speech, while requirement-enrolled students reported little PS. → Karimi-Aghdam 2020

Evidence¶

Karimi-Aghdam 2020¶

Karimi-Aghdam, S., & Lantolf, J. P. (2020). Dialectical Emergence of Language and Consciousness in Society: An Interview with Professor James P. Lantolf. The Journal of Applied Linguistics and Applied Literature: Dynamics and Advances, 8(2), 3-21. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED610078

q2 · i? · associational · r1

Lantolf describes a small-scale self-report study of language students at an American university, contrasting requirement-enrolled students with interested students. The former "did not produce much in the way of PS" while the latter frequently produced L2 private speech, even outside class. No effect size is printed.

"When we investigated language students at an American university, we found that those who were enrolled in class in order to fulfill a language requirement reported that they did not produce much in the way of PS, while those students who said that they were interested in learning the language reported that they frequently produced L2 PS"

Discussion¶

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