Doctoral Dissertation Research: Processing of L2-specific multi-word units and the impact on representation and generalization: an ERP study

博士论文研究：L2 特定多词单元的处理及其对表征和泛化的影响：ERP 研究

基本信息

批准号：
1844188
负责人：
Paola Dussias
金额：
$ 1.36万
依托单位：
Pennsylvania State Univ University Park
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2019
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2019-03-15 至 2021-02-28
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1844188&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Doctoral Dissertation Research Processing L2

项目摘要

In their 2017 report on America's languages, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences' Commission on Language Learning recommends "a national strategy to improve access to as many languages as possible for people of every region, ethnicity, and socioeconomic background...to value language education as a persistent national need similar to education in math or English, and to ensure that a useful level of proficiency is within every student's reach" https://www.amacad.org/content/publications/pubContent.aspx?d=22478). This dissertation is a step towards beginning to answer this call. Adult second language learners are often able to function at some level in a foreign language, but the influence of the native language during second language learning and use is known to negatively affect proficiency levels. Second language learners often experience the frustration of trying to remember a recently learned word in a second language, but only being able to retrieve the word in the native language. An important goal, then, is to learn to regulate interference from the native language to achieve higher proficiency in a second language. This project proposes to investigate how this might be possible. The electrophysiological brain activity of English speakers who are learning Spanish will be measured during the learning of new word combinations, for example, "despertar dudas." This collocation literally translates as "awaken doubts" but is expressed in English with the phrase "raise doubts". Using a word combination like "despertar dudas" requires the suppression of the English translation equivalent "raise doubts". This research project will examine the brain activity associated with learning in conditions that require ignoring interference from the native language to examine whether they lead to better learning and generalization when learners are exposed to new input.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

在其2017年有关美国语言的2017年报告中，美国艺术与科学学院的语言学习委员会建议“为每个地区，种族，种族和社会经济背景的人提高尽可能多的语言的国家策略……将语言教育视为与数学或英语相似的持续性国家需求，并确保有用的学生触手可及的水平” https://www.amacad.org/content/publications/pubcontent.aspx?d=22478）。本文是开始接听此通话的一步。成人第二语言学习者通常能够在某种程度上以外语发挥作用，但是在第二语言学习和使用过程中，母语的影响会对熟练程度产生负面影响。第二语言学习者经常会感到沮丧，因为他们试图用第二语言记住一个最近学到的单词，但只能以母语来检索这个词。因此，一个重要的目标是学会规范从母语的干扰，以提高第二语言的熟练程度。该项目建议研究这是如何实现的。在学习新单词组合的过程中，将衡量正在学习西班牙语的英语大脑活动，例如“ Despertar Dudas”。该套在一起的字面意思是“觉醒的怀疑”，但用英语表示“提升疑问”。使用诸如“ Despertar Dudas”之类的单词组合需要抑制英语翻译等效的“提高怀疑”。该研究项目将检查与学习条件相关的大脑活动，这些条件需要忽略母语的干扰，以检查学习者在接受新输入时是否会导致更好的学习和概括。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的审查标准来通过评估来获得支持的。