It was found that the linguistic and metalinguistic knowledge of advanced universitylevel l1 english learners of l2 german correlated strongly. Metalinguistic knowledge, language aptitude and language. The first aim is to put forward a theoretical argument concerned with the notion of learning difficulty in the context of explicit and implicit second language l2 learning. Metalinguistics, or meta awareness skill is to do with the ability of a person to reflect on and consciously ponder about oral and written language and how it is used. Because executive control is a general cognitive system it should operate similarly in both of a bilinguals languages. Explicit knowledge and second language pedagogy springerlink. Metalinguistic awareness in children with differing. Pdf metalinguistic knowledge and language proficiency ilaria. Pedagogical content knowledge language proficiency vocabulary knowledge teacher language english language teaching these keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. Measuring implicit and explicit knowledge in second. Metalinguistics is the branch of linguistics that studies language and its relationship to other cultural behaviors. Metalinguistic awareness and literacy acquisition in. However, the relationship between metalinguistic knowledge and language proficiency is weak. Anderson, metalinguistic knowledge, language aptitude and language proficiency.
The relationship between metalinguistic knowledge, error. Request pdf metalinguistic knowledge and language ability in universitylevel l2 learners existing research indicates that instructed learners l2. This study investigated second language metalinguistic knowledge, or explicit knowledge about the second language, in englishspeaking universitylevel learners of german and spanish. Metalinguistic knowledge and language proficiency appear to constitute two separate factors of linguistic ability. Simply put, it implies the ability to think and discuss language. The final section relates aptitude to different types of feedback. This book provides an introduction to the nature of tla, assesses its impact upon teaching and its potential impact on learning. It is my understanding that by engaging in such metalinguistic task, students need to draw on their preexisting language knowledge giventonew principle and compare that with the sentence given and, by activating their internal monitor, find discrepancies and be able to adjust the form to match the intended meaning. Metalinguistic knowledge, language aptitude and foreign language proficiency. Each section begins with a brief definition of what it means to have acquired unconscious implicit knowledge according to the measure in question. The role of metalinguistic knowledge of language and knowledge of technical terms i.
The status of metalinguistic knowledge in relation to the individual difference variables of languagelearning aptitude, working memory for language, and participants languagelearning history was identified. The main objective of the current study is to further the existing aptitude research agenda by moving the past investigation of l2 lexicogrammar learning, and exploring aptitudes link with l2 pronunciation learning. Mar 25, 20 metalinguistic skills involve the awareness and control of linguistic components of language. Request pdf metalinguistic knowledge and language ability in university level l2 learners existing research indicates that instructed learners l2. Metalinguistic awareness tests in european languages youtube. Inductive language learning ability test swahili did not present any correlation neither with the tests investigating. Metalinguistic knowledge, language awareness and language. The goal is to make these techniques available to a wide audience of second language l2 researchers and to offer suggestions for their sound use in order to promote the study of implicit l2 learning. Language learning experience in formal settings was found to be the strongest predictor for levels of metalinguistic knowledge attained by the participants. Moreover, there was no support for the belief that.
In particular, it reports on the construction and use of a battery of tests of metalinguistic knowledge, language aptitude, grammatical accuracy in french, and french linguistic proficiency, and explores the relationships among these measures with a view to. This paper examines the development of these two types of knowledge in adult universitylevel learners of l2 spanish, and their relationship to l2 proficiency. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves. Metalinguistic knowledge and language development 619 these authors, seeking to explain or describe the growth of metalinguistic thinking, explicitly associate it with the development of selfreflective thinking, with other types of metacognition, or with the development of thought in general. This paper presents a preliminary investigation of the psycholinguistic abilities of firstyear undergraduate student learners of french. Then, we link aptitude to instructional presentation at a more micro level than has been typical previously.
In line with recent studies recognizing positive correlation between metalinguistic knowledge and language proficiency, this study aimed to find out how much metalanguage is understood by low to intermediate proficiency english as a foreign language efl learners in japan. Metalinguistic awareness in children with differing language. Metalinguistic knowledge and language ability in universitylevel. Li ju shiu thesis dec 10 2010 university of toronto tspace. Studies in second language acquisition show that even experienced students have an incomplete knowledge of the rules they are taught, do not remember the rules well, and have difficulty applying them krashen, 1993b, alderson. Gmat and gre aptitude test performance in relation to primary. Metalinguistic knowledge, language aptitude and language proficiency. L2 proficiency, metalinguistic knowledge, and languageanalytic ability existing empirical research investigating the relationship between learners l2 proficiency and their metalinguistic knowledge includes studies with longitudinal e. What are metalinguistic skills and what do they look like in. The results show that levels of metalinguistic knowledge vary considerably. The relationship between metalinguistic knowledge, error type. Exploring metalinguistic knowledge of low to intermediate. Ellis, 2004 appeared to be an indispensable and irreplaceable component of second language l2 teaching and learning see richards and rodgers, 2001. They have since suffered increasing marginalization and.
However, proficiency in french reading did not correlate. The concept of metalinguistic awareness is helpful in explaining the execution and transfer of linguistic knowledge across languages e. Mar 01, 2011 metalinguistic knowledge, metalanguage, and their relationship in l2 learners metalinguistic knowledge, metalanguage, and their relationship in l2 learners hu, guangwei 20110301 00. This article reports on a study which employed a narrowly focused measure of l2 proficiency and incorporated l2 languageanalytic ability into a measure of metalinguistic knowledge. L2 metalinguistic knowledge and l2 achievement among. Metalinguistic knowledge and language ability in universitylevel l2 learners karen roehr university of essex existing research indicates that instructed learners l2 pro. Synthesizing research on language learning and teaching, 3164. Metalinguistic knowledge, language aptitude and language proficiency starting point of alderson et al.
Metalinguistic knowledge, metalingual knowledge, and. Metalinguistic knowledge refers to the ability to correct a grammatically incorrect structure in english and explain why it is incorrect, and identify and explicitly state the grammatical role of parts of speech in l2 sentences. Foreign language aptitude and its relationship with grammar. Skehan, the role of foreign language aptitude in a model of school learning, language testing 3, 188221, 1986. Metalinguistic knowledge and cognitive style in polish classroom learners of english zietek, agnieszka a roehr, karen 20111201 00.
L1 metalinguistic ability and foreign language learning. Metalinguistic skills involve the awareness and control of linguistic components of language. In particular, a largerscale study which makes use of a full range of tests including measures of language learning aptitude as operationalized in the mlat, measures of l1 metalinguistic knowledge, and measures of l2 metalinguistic knowledge including l2 languageanalytic ability would be needed to probe in greater depth the claims that have. These skills require an awareness of others as listeners and an ability to recognize significant details that indicate changes in speech. Building on the extensive work conceptualizing, developing, and validating foreign language aptitude for successful second language acquisition e. It is important to distinguish implicitexplicit learning and implicitexplicit knowledge. The role played by aptitude was not clear, since it failed to be linked both with metalinguistic knowledge and language proficiency. Metalinguistic awareness in monolingual and bilingual. The terms implicit and explicit knowledge refer respectively to knowledge of language and knowledge about language. Subcomponents of second language aptitude and secondlanguage proficiency.
However, the operationalization of the construct of metalinguistic knowledge has varied somewhat. Teacher language awareness tla is an area of increasing interest to those involved in language teacher education. Article information, pdf download for metalinguistic knowledge, language aptitude and. What are metalinguistic skills and what do they look like. Article information, pdf download for metalinguistic knowledge, language aptitude. Knowledge about language and the good language teacher. The effect of focused written corrective feedback and language aptitude on esl learners acquisition of articles. Comparison of 8 to 9year old children in terms of language learning aptitude, metalinguistic awareness and proficiency in french tellier, in. Metalinguistic knowledge and language development sciencedirect. Pdf metalinguistic knowledge and language proficiency. Thus for bilinguals, syntactic parsing and phonological knowledge of already learnt language systems, together with the mediation function that language serves for them, allows them to have an advantage due to being bilingual. An examination of the relationship between metalinguistic awareness and second language proficiency of adult learners of french. Metalinguistic knowledge and languageanalytic ability in.
This article reports on a study which employed a narrowly focused measure of l2 proficiency and incorporated l2 language analytic ability into a measure of metalinguistic knowledge. Tests of metalinguistic knowledge, language aptitude and french linguistic proficiency were administered to 509 students. The status of metalinguistic knowledge in instructed adult. An examination of the relationship between metalinguistic. Language proficiency is the ability of an individual to use language with a level of accuracy that transfers meaning in production and comprehension. Document resume ed 380 984 fl 021 930 author steel. Following instruction in either esperanto or french.
Aptitude share and discover knowledge on linkedin slideshare. However, the relationship between metalinguistic knowledge and language proficiency is. Jun 28, 2015 it is my understanding that by engaging in such metalinguistic task, students need to draw on their preexisting language knowledge giventonew principle and compare that with the sentence given and, by activating their internal monitor, find discrepancies and be able to adjust the form to match the intended meaning. Metalinguistic knowledge, metalingual knowledge, and proficiency in l2 spanish. The metalinguistic task was administered to 185 of the. The paper reports on pilot work and makes proposals for further research in the light of the results. There is no singular definition of language proficiency, however, and this has implications for its application in other language domains such as literacy, testing, endangered languages, language impairment, etc.
Metalinguistic awareness refers to the ability to objectify language as a process as well as an artifact. A study of mt english learners of japanese 9783639165630. In the context of language learning meta can be interpreted as going beyond communication and meaning, and to instead focus attention. An examination of the relationship between metalinguistic awareness and secondlanguage proficiency of adult learners of french. Metalinguistic knowledge, language aptitude and foreign. It is assessed using the twosection metalinguistic knowledge test mkt designed by the researcher. In particular, it reports on the construction and use of a battery of tests of metalinguistic. Metalinguistic knowledge and language analytic ability in universitylevel l2 learners karen roehr essex research reports in linguistics 51 2006, 4171 abstract existing research indicates that instructed learners l2 proficiency and their metalinguistic knowledge are moderately correlated. Metalinguistic awareness in children with differing language learning experience 2 introduction this paper has two principal aims. Dec 11, 2018 building on the extensive work conceptualizing, developing, and validating foreign language aptitude for successful second language acquisition e. Also the study did not control for the level of proficiency and aptitude variable, as white.
Measuring implicit and explicit knowledge in second language. Another approach to understanding the role of language proficiency in metalinguistic tasks is to compare the performance of bilingual children in their two languages. Moreover, it was found that despite a significant relationship with language learning aptitude, metalinguistic knowledge is separable and distinct from both aptitude and working memory. The relationship between metalinguistic knowledge and speaking anxiety of elt students. Document resume ed 380 984 fl 021 930 author steel, david. Foreign language aptitude and its relationship with. The status of metalinguistic knowledge in instructed adult l2.
Several studies on the relationship between language proficiency and metalinguistic knowledge in the field of l2 acquisition gutierrez 20. Metalinguistic and linguistic knowledge in foreign language. Metalinguistic knowledge, metalanguage, and their relationship in l2 learners metalinguistic knowledge, metalanguage, and their relationship in l2 learners hu, guangwei 20110301 00. Metalinguistic knowledge and languageanalytic ability in adult l2. The role of aptitude in second language segmental learning. For example, you do not usually speak to a teacher in. Index termsmetalinguistic awareness, linguistic knowledge, writing. Language aptitude is the capability involving a special propensity for learning an l2 carroll, 1981 or a general ability to learn languages nunan, 2001, p. Metalinguistic knowledge and language ability in university. In particular, it reports on the construction and use of a battery of tests of metalinguistic knowledge, language aptitude, grammatical accuracy in french, and french linguistic proficiency, and explores the relationships among these measures with a view to establishing levels of metalinguistic knowledge in incoming undergraduates. Metalinguistic awareness tests in european languages.
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