Alene Moyer
Biographic Data
| ID | 4012907 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alene Moyer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alene |
| FAMILY NAME | Moyer |
| SIGNATURE | MOYER A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Maryland, College Park |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Autonomy in second language phonology: Choice vs. limits
Learning a new sound system poses challenges of a social, psychological, and cognitive nature, but the learner's decisions are key to ultimate attainment. This presentation focuses on two essential concepts: choice , or how one wants to sound in the target language; and limits , or various challenges to one's goals vis-à-vis accent. Qualitative and quantitative data underscore the relevance of autonomy as a guiding principle from which to explore…
Exceptional Outcomes in L2 Phonology: The Critical Factors of Learner Engagement and Self-Regulation
A number of studies attest to the late language learner's ability to attain native-like outcomes in morphology and syntax, with accent often the only linguistic hint of their non-native status. Nevertheless, some do end up sounding native-like despite a late start. This article explores possible explanations for 'exceptional' outcomes in L2 phonology, specifically, whether such learners' abilities are due to innate talent, a metacognitive learnin…
Foreign Accent: The Phenomenon of Non-native Speech
To what extent do our accents determine the way we are perceived by others? Is a foreign accent inevitably associated with social stigma? Accent is a matter of great public interest given the impact of migration on national and global affairs, but until now, applied linguistics research has treated accent largely as a theoretical puzzle. In this fascinating account, Alene Moyer examines the social, psychological, educational and legal ramificatio…
Do Language Attitudes Determine Accent? A Study of Bilinguals in the USA
This study presents new data on the degree of ‘foreign’ accent among immigrant learners of English in the USA (total N=50) as it correlates to learner orientation to the target language and target language culture. Correlation analyses confirm the significance of age of onset and length of immersion, as well as learner attitudes, including: (a) reasons for learning English; (b) perceived ability to improve in English; (c) desire to improve accent…
Language Contact and Confidence in Second Language Listening Comprehension: A Pilot Study of Advanced' Learners of German
Over the past several decades, listening comprehension has not received a great deal of focus in foreignlsecond language acquisition (SLA) research compared to other skills and competencies. Although there is growing research on instructional techniques and strategies to enhance those skills in the earlier stages of second lan guage (L2) learning, there is little investigation of text-related factors, us wetl as individual learner factors, that m…
Formal and Informal Experiential Realms in German as a Foreign Language: A Preliminary Investigation
In this study of German as a foreign language, formal classroom experience is compared with informal use of German outside the classroom focusing on three syntactic features: main clause word order (subject–verb–object, or SVO), topicalization (subject–verb inversion), and subordinate word order (subject–object–verb, or SOV). T tests and correlation analyses comparing written and oral data from 31 learners demonstrate that: (a) written and oral f…
Accounting for Context and Experience in German (L2) Language Acquisition: A Critical Review of the Research
With its focus on simplification universals, developmental orders, teachability, and functional-grammatical bases for acquisition, the well-known research on German (L2) language acquisition has contributed much to SLA research in general. At the same time, sociolinguistic investigations focus squarely on the difficult social conditions that accompany non-native language acquisition in Germany. In keeping with emerging approaches in SLA in genera…
Ultimate Attainment in L2 Phonology: The Critical Factors of Age, Motivation, and Instruction
Within both first and second language acquisition research, a critical or sensitive period for complete attainment has largely been substantiated in phonological studies, although it is questionable whether age should be examined in isolation from sociopsychological influences and the extent of exposure to the second language. This study sets out to challenge the Critical Period Hypothesis (CPH) by examining phonological performance among highly …
Do Language Attitudes Determine Accent? A Study of Bilinguals in the USA
This study presents new data on the degree of ‘foreign’ accent among immigrant learners of English in the USA (total N=50) as it correlates to learner orientation to the target language and target language culture. Correlation analyses confirm the significance of age of onset and length of immersion, as well as learner attitudes, including: (a) reasons for learning English; (b) perceived ability to improve in English; (c) desire to improve accent…
Formal and Informal Experiential Realms in German as a Foreign Language: A Preliminary Investigation
In this study of German as a foreign language, formal classroom experience is compared with informal use of German outside the classroom focusing on three syntactic features: main clause word order (subject–verb–object, or SVO), topicalization (subject–verb inversion), and subordinate word order (subject–object–verb, or SOV). T tests and correlation analyses comparing written and oral data from 31 learners demonstrate that: (a) written and oral f…
Language Contact and Confidence in Second Language Listening Comprehension: A Pilot Study of Advanced' Learners of German
Over the past several decades, listening comprehension has not received a great deal of focus in foreignlsecond language acquisition (SLA) research compared to other skills and competencies. Although there is growing research on instructional techniques and strategies to enhance those skills in the earlier stages of second lan guage (L2) learning, there is little investigation of text-related factors, us wetl as individual learner factors, that m…
Autonomy in second language phonology: Choice vs. limits
Learning a new sound system poses challenges of a social, psychological, and cognitive nature, but the learner's decisions are key to ultimate attainment. This presentation focuses on two essential concepts: choice , or how one wants to sound in the target language; and limits , or various challenges to one's goals vis-à-vis accent. Qualitative and quantitative data underscore the relevance of autonomy as a guiding principle from which to explore…
Ultimate Attainment in L2 Phonology: The Critical Factors of Age, Motivation, and Instruction
Within both first and second language acquisition research, a critical or sensitive period for complete attainment has largely been substantiated in phonological studies, although it is questionable whether age should be examined in isolation from sociopsychological influences and the extent of exposure to the second language. This study sets out to challenge the Critical Period Hypothesis (CPH) by examining phonological performance among highly …
Accounting for Context and Experience in German (L2) Language Acquisition: A Critical Review of the Research
With its focus on simplification universals, developmental orders, teachability, and functional-grammatical bases for acquisition, the well-known research on German (L2) language acquisition has contributed much to SLA research in general. At the same time, sociolinguistic investigations focus squarely on the difficult social conditions that accompany non-native language acquisition in Germany. In keeping with emerging approaches in SLA in genera…
Formal and Informal Experiential Realms in German as a Foreign Language: A Preliminary Investigation
In this study of German as a foreign language, formal classroom experience is compared with informal use of German outside the classroom focusing on three syntactic features: main clause word order (subject–verb–object, or SVO), topicalization (subject–verb inversion), and subordinate word order (subject–object–verb, or SOV). T tests and correlation analyses comparing written and oral data from 31 learners demonstrate that: (a) written and oral f…
Language Contact and Confidence in Second Language Listening Comprehension: A Pilot Study of Advanced' Learners of German
Over the past several decades, listening comprehension has not received a great deal of focus in foreignlsecond language acquisition (SLA) research compared to other skills and competencies. Although there is growing research on instructional techniques and strategies to enhance those skills in the earlier stages of second lan guage (L2) learning, there is little investigation of text-related factors, us wetl as individual learner factors, that m…
Do Language Attitudes Determine Accent? A Study of Bilinguals in the USA
This study presents new data on the degree of ‘foreign’ accent among immigrant learners of English in the USA (total N=50) as it correlates to learner orientation to the target language and target language culture. Correlation analyses confirm the significance of age of onset and length of immersion, as well as learner attitudes, including: (a) reasons for learning English; (b) perceived ability to improve in English; (c) desire to improve accent…
Foreign Accent: The Phenomenon of Non-native Speech
To what extent do our accents determine the way we are perceived by others? Is a foreign accent inevitably associated with social stigma? Accent is a matter of great public interest given the impact of migration on national and global affairs, but until now, applied linguistics research has treated accent largely as a theoretical puzzle. In this fascinating account, Alene Moyer examines the social, psychological, educational and legal ramificatio…
Exceptional Outcomes in L2 Phonology: The Critical Factors of Learner Engagement and Self-Regulation
A number of studies attest to the late language learner's ability to attain native-like outcomes in morphology and syntax, with accent often the only linguistic hint of their non-native status. Nevertheless, some do end up sounding native-like despite a late start. This article explores possible explanations for 'exceptional' outcomes in L2 phonology, specifically, whether such learners' abilities are due to innate talent, a metacognitive learnin…
Autonomy in second language phonology: Choice vs. limits
Learning a new sound system poses challenges of a social, psychological, and cognitive nature, but the learner's decisions are key to ultimate attainment. This presentation focuses on two essential concepts: choice , or how one wants to sound in the target language; and limits , or various challenges to one's goals vis-à-vis accent. Qualitative and quantitative data underscore the relevance of autonomy as a guiding principle from which to explore…
Linguistics (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (6 works) · Phonetics and Phonology Research (5 works) · German (4 works) · Mathematics education (4 works) · Second Language Acquisition and Learning (4 works) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (4 works) · Cognitive psychology (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works)