Psycho-Social Constraints on Naturalistic Adult Second Language Acquisition
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5899893 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Azza Al-Kendi (0000-0003-1036-1507, Sultan Qaboos University), Ghada Khattab (0000-0002-8451-8135, Newcastle University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 129 |
| Publication date | 2021-07-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Languages (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2226-471X • E-ISSN: 2226-471X |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/languages6030129 |
| OpenAlex | W3184104982 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 54 |
The following study investigated a rare case of adult immersion in a second language context without prior exposure to the language. It aimed to investigate whether Length of Residence (LoR) acts as a strong index of L2 speech performance when coupled with daily exposure and interaction with first language speakers. Twenty-two females from Africa and Asia who worked as Foreign Domestic Helpers (FDH) in Omani homes and with varying LoRs performed an AX discrimination and a production task which tapped into Omani consonants and clusters that are absent from their L1s; their accent was also rated by L1 Omani listeners. Results showed a surprising lack of significance of LoR on all the production and perception measures examined. Discrimination results showed a low sensitivity to Arabic consonantal contrasts that are lacking in the L1 across all participants, and a small positive effect of L1 literacy. Production results exhibited low accuracy on all Arabic consonants and a marked foreign accent as judged by L1 listeners, with a small positive effect of L2 literacy. We argue that the nature of the interactions between FDH and employers, along with uneven power relations and social distance, counteract any advantage of LoR and the immersion setting examined here
Arabic · Cognitive psychology · Foreign language · Linguistics · Literacy · Perception · Residence · Sociology · Stress (linguistics · Demography · Language Development and Disorders · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology
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