Passer au contenu de la page principale

Processing instruction in L2 acquisition of direct object clitics (Elena Shimanskaya, University of Nevada, Reno, United States)

Mon statut pour la session

Quoi:
Talk
Quand:
4:00 PM, Jeudi 29 Avr 2021 EDT (30 minutes)
Où:
  Session virtuelle
Cette session est dans le passé.
L'espace virtuel est fermé.
Elena Shimanskaya, University of Nevada, Reno, United States

Title: Processing instruction in L2 acquisition of direct object clitics

Keywords: French; clitics; processing instruction

Abstract:

The study looked at the effects of Processing Instruction (VanPatten, 2004) on L2 acquisition of French direct object clitics “le” and “la” by English-speaking learners. In addition to their non-canonical/preverbal position in a sentence (Je le vois. = I see him.), French direct object clitics can be used to refer to both human and non-human antecedents (Je le vois. = I see him./it.). In other words, in French there is no different pronoun that would correspond to English “it” and instructional practices rarely focus on this cross-linguistic difference (Shimanskaya & Slabakova, 2017). Processing instruction approach is particularly suitable to teaching this aspect of French grammar because it focuses on training students in correctly interpreting pronouns, under the assumption that target-like interpretation will eventually lead to target-like production.

One hundred students in their second semester of college French were randomly assigned to three conditions:

(i) training in using clitics’ gender with animate antecedents (Je le vois. = I see him. vs. Je la vois. = I see her.);

(ii) training in using clitics’ gender with inanimate antecedents (Je le vois. vs. Je la vois. = I see it.);

(iii) training in using clitics with animate and inanimate antecedents (Je le vois. = I see him. vs. I see it.).

Participants completed a pre-test, a grammar tutorial online and a post-test. They also filled out a c-test as an independent measure of their French proficiency. Data analysis is currently underway and will focus on comparing post-test scores across the three treatment groups. I will further discuss the appropriateness of the processing instruction approach to teaching French object pronouns and their interpretation.

Mon statut pour la session

Évaluer

Detail de session
Pour chaque session, permet aux participants d'écrire un court texte de feedback qui sera envoyé à l'organisateur. Ce texte n'est pas envoyé aux présentateurs.
Afin de respecter les règles de gestion des données privées, cette option affiche uniquement les profils des personnes qui ont accepté de partager leur profil publiquement.

Les changements ici affecteront toutes les pages de détails des sessions