The Effects of Differential Timing in the Introduction ofJapanese Syllabaries on Early Second Language Development in Japanese.  

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Hatasa, Yukiko Abe

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The Modern Language Journal (sebagian Full Text & ada di JSTOR) vol. 86 no. 3 (Sep. 2002), page 349-367.
Topik: Differential Timing; Introduction Japanese Syllabaries; Second Language Development
Fulltext: Vol 86 no 3 pp.349-367.pdf (598.79KB)

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The purpose of this study was to investigate whether a time lag in the introduction of Japanese syllabaries makes a difference in the early second language acquisition of Japanese. Two groups of native speakers of English, an experimental (lag) group and a control (nonlag) group, participated in this study. The difference between these groups was the amount of time (8 weeks) that elapsed before syllabaries were introduced into their respective Japanese curricula. The 2 groups were equivalent in terms of demographic characteristics, and the instructors, instructional materials, and methods were identical. The results of 2 posttests showed no significant differences between the experimental and control groups. Thus, the timing of the introduction of syllabaries may not be as significant an issue as has been previously thought.

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