Impact of Literacy on Oral Language Processing
Implications for Second Language Acquisition Research
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 24220925 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elaine Tarone, Martha Bigelow (0000-0003-2631-7068) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Pages | 77-97 |
| Publication date | 2005-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annual Review of Applied Linguistics (BOOK_SERIES) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0267-1905 • E-ISSN: 1471-6356 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0267190505000048 |
| OpenAlex | W2104066085 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 24 |
In this chapter we describe a body of research on oral language processing that we believe has important implications for applied linguistics. This research documents the effects of literacy on human oral language processing. Studies in this area show that illiterate adults significantly differ from literate adults in their performance of oral processing tasks that require an awareness of linguistic segments. These studies provide evidence that the acquisition of the ability to decode an alphabetic script changes the way in which the individual processes oral language in certain kinds of cognitive tasks. At the same time, based on research establishing a clear reciprocal relationship between oral language processing skills and literacy, researchers on first language acquisition are extending the scope of their study to explore the way in which an individual's language competence is altered and extended by literacy itself. In this discussion, we describe the broad outlines of this new body of research and scholarship, and explore the implications for our understanding of second-language acquisition, and particularly for theories and research that explore the impact of “noticing” on SLA. We conclude by stressing the social and theoretical importance of including clearly-identified illiterate adults in our growing database on second language acquisition research.
illiterate adults · language competence · Literacy · noticing · Phonological awareness · second language acquisition · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Reading and Literacy Development · Second Language Acquisition and Learning
Teaching Adult Second Language Learners Who Are Emergent Readers
Sampling Bias and the Problem of Generalizability in Applied Linguistics
Heritage languages
Literacy within a language affects bilinguals’ spoken language processing
When alphabets collide
The Dynamics of Second Language Emergence
Variation along the referentiality scale in the production of Spanish differential object marking by monolingual and bilingual children
Who succeeds and who fails? Exploring the role of background variables in explaining the outcomes of L2 language tests
Gauging the impact of literacy and educational background on receptive vocabulary test scores
Promoting Literacy in Adult Second Language Learners
Brazilian Efl Learners’ Awareness About L2 Phones
Second language writing development
Research into practice
Second language acquisition by low-literate learners
Emerging Constructions in the L2 Italian Spoken by Low Literate Migrants
Psycho-Social Constraints on Naturalistic Adult Second Language Acquisition
Literate and preliterate children show different learning patterns in an artificial language learning task
The multiple-level framework of developmental dyslexia
Learning Without Awareness by Academic and Nonacademic Samples
SLA for the 21st Century
Effects of Negative and Positive Evidence on Adult Word Learning
Literacy in Somali
Socio-Cultural Approaches to Literacy (Literacies)
Principles and practice in second language acquisition
Functional Literacy
Learning Vocabulary in Another Language
Thought and language.
Literacy training and speech segmentation
Does awareness of speech as a sequence of phones arise spontaneously?
The ability to manipulate speech sounds depends on knowing alphabetic writing
On determining developmental stages in natural second language acquisition
Ways with Words
Social Literacies
Orality and Literacy
Sociocultural and cognitive constraints on literacy development
Questions about constructions
Peer commentary on ‘Developing linguistic literacy
Sentence processing studies and linguistic literacy
Developing linguistic literacy
Literacy and Children's Conception of Words
The Role of Literacy Level in Second Language Acquisition
A comparison of the factors affecting reading performance of functionally illiterate adults and children matched by reading level
Developing linguistic literacy
Foreign Accents, Language Acquisition, and Cerebral Dominance Revisited
| Unique citing works | 21 |
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| Citations per year | 1,17 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2026 (19) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |