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    A processability approach to profiling staged development of English as a second language acquisition

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    Authors
    Tang, Fiona
    Date
    2016
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Tang, X. 2016. A processability approach to profiling staged development of English as a second language acquisition. New Zealand Studies in Applied Linguistics. 22 (2): pp. 5-20.
    Source Title
    New Zealand Studies in Applied Linguistics
    Additional URLs
    https://www.alanz.org.nz/journal/complete-issue-vol-222-2016/
    ISSN
    1173-5562
    Faculty
    Curtin College Pathways
    School
    Curtin College Pathways
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89442
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    This article aimed to determine the stages of development in syntax and morphology reached by a learner of English as a second language (ESL) at one specific point in time, according to predictions of Processability Theory (Pienemann, 1998, 2005). Spontaneous production data were elicited from a Chinese ESL leaner who completed a picture task and an interview. The conversation was transcribed and analysed according to stages in the processing hierarchy of ESL structures predicted by Processability Theory. The learner was found to reach the final stages for both syntax and morphology; all predicted stages emerged except Stage 4 for syntax and Stage 2 for morphology, which was generally consistent with the predictions proposed by Processability Theory. However, an absence of the structures for Stage 4 for syntax and an oversuppliance for Stage 2 for morphology were also found which are ambiguities that require further research.

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