第一语言第一语言环境中的词汇消耗:一种多个措施的方法测试英语教师的英语教师
Yueqingzhou Ma1, Norbert Vanek2,3
1University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Journal of psycholinguistic research
|March 6, 2024
概括
中国的英语教师表现出第一语言 (L1) 的消耗,对母语的反应较慢,词汇不那么复杂. 增加的第二语言 (L2) 使用预测了L1环境中的词汇磨损.
科学领域:
- 语言学的语言学.
- 心理语言学 心理语言学
- 获得第二语言的学习.
背景情况:
- 第一语言 (L1) 消耗研究通常研究移民环境.
- 对于在母语环境中发生的L1磨损知之甚少.
研究的目的:
- 调查中国英语教师在L1环境中的L1词汇消耗.
- 探索第二语言 (L2) 接触对L1理解和生产的影响.
主要方法:
- 采用了时间敏感的文字决策任务和视频重述任务.
- 将英语的中国教师 (n=25) 与其他科目的教师 (n=25) 进行比较.
- 利用混合效应模型来分析词汇理解 (准确性,反应时间) 和生产 (多样性,密度,复杂性,准确性).
主要成果:
- 英语教师对高频繁的中文单词的反应时间较慢,并且在重述中使用了不那么复杂的词汇.
- 英语教师在中国人借用英语时表现出更高的速度和准确性,这表明了L2的影响.
- 更高的L2暴露和使用频率与更大的L1词汇磨损相关.
结论:
- 即使在L1环境中,L2暴露也可能导致L1的词汇磨损.
- 在词汇理解和词汇生产方面,L1磨损表现得很明显.
- 这些发现突显了L1和L2心理词典的相互联系.
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