Can Non-Interactive Language Input Benefit Young Second-Language Learners?

Autor/inn/en	Au, Terry Kit-fong; Chan, Winnie Wailan; Cheng, Liao; Siegel, Linda S.; Tso, Ricky Van Yip
Titel	Can Non-Interactive Language Input Benefit Young Second-Language Learners?
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Language, 42 (2015) 2, S.323-350 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0009
DOI	10.1017/S0305000913000627
Schlagwörter	Linguistic Input; Audio Books; Second Language Learning; Grade 1; Grade 2; Elementary School Students; Second Language Instruction; Instructional Effectiveness; Instructional Materials; Dialects; Pronunciation; Listening; English (Second Language); Chinese; Story Reading; Native Speakers; Foreign Countries; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachbildung; Zweitsprachenerwerb; School year 01; 1. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 01; School year 02; 2. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 02; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Unterrichtserfolg; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Dialect; Dialekt; Aussprache; Hörvorgang; Zuhören; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; China; Chinesen; Muttersprachler; Ausland; Hongkong
Abstract	To fully acquire a language, especially its phonology, children need linguistic input from native speakers early on. When interaction with native speakers is not always possible--e.g. for children learning a second language that is not the societal language--audios are commonly used as an affordable substitute. But does such non-interactive input work? Two experiments evaluated the usefulness of audio storybooks in acquiring a more native-like second-language accent. Young children, first- and second-graders in Hong Kong whose native language was Cantonese Chinese, were given take-home listening assignments in a second language, either English or Putonghua Chinese. Accent ratings of the children's story reading revealed measurable benefits of non-interactive input from native speakers. The benefits were far more robust for Putonghua than English. Implications for second-language accent acquisition are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01