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Publication Date: 2016
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Orthography-Induced Transfer in the Production of English-Speaking Learners of Spanish
Rafat, Yasaman
Language Learning Journal, v44 n2 p197-213 2016
This article reports on a study on the effect of orthography on L1-based phonological transfer in L2 production in 40 novice English-speaking learners of Spanish. In particular, the role of auditory-orthographic training and production and the influence of grapheme-to-phoneme correspondences are examined. Data elicited via a picture-naming task reveal a robust effect of orthography on phonological transfer leading to non-target-like productions at the very beginning stages of second language acquisition. There is also strong evidence that condition of training and production as well as the type of grapheme-to-phoneme correspondence determine the quantity of transfer. The difference in the quantity of transfer between the individual grapheme-to-phoneme correspondences is explained in light of salience and frequency effects. Pedagogical implications of the findings are also discussed.
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Teaching Methods, Written Language, English, Native Language, Spanish, Second Language Learning, Pictorial Stimuli, Task Analysis, Naming, Adults, Coding, Foreign Countries, Statistical Analysis, Nonparametric Statistics
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