Awakening the Proto-Lexicon: A Proto-Lexicon Gives Learning Advantages for Intentionally Learning a Language

IF 3.5 1区文学 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Language Learning Pub Date : 2024-03-28 DOI:10.1111/lang.12635

Wakayo Mattingley, Forrest Panther, Simon Todd, Jeanette King, Jennifer Hay, Peter J. Keegan

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Previous studies report that exposure to the Māori language on a regular basis allows New Zealand adults who cannot speak Māori to build a proto-lexicon of Māori—an implicit memory of word forms without detailed knowledge of meaning. How might this knowledge feed into explicit language learning? Is it possible to “awaken” the proto-lexicon in the context of overt language learning? We investigate whether implicit linguistic knowledge represented in a proto-lexicon gives any advantages for intentional language learning in a tertiary educational environment. We conducted a three-task experiment which: (a) assessed participants’ Māori proto-lexicon, (b) assessed their phonotactic knowledge, and (c) tested them on Māori vocabulary that they had been exposed to during the course at two time points. The results show that students with larger Māori proto-lexicons learn more words in a classroom setting. This study shows that proto-lexicon acquired from ambient exposure can lead to significant benefits in language learning.

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唤醒原词典：原词典为有意学习语言提供学习优势

以往的研究报告指出，经常接触毛利语可以让不会说毛利语的新西兰成年人建立毛利语的原词库--一种没有详细意义知识的词形内隐记忆。如何将这些知识运用到显性语言学习中？是否有可能在公开语言学习中 "唤醒 "原词汇表？我们研究了原词库中的内隐语言知识是否能为高等教育环境中的有意语言学习带来任何优势。我们进行了三项任务实验：(a) 评估参与者的毛利原词库，(b) 评估他们的语音战术知识，(c) 在两个时间点测试他们在课程中接触到的毛利词汇。结果表明，拥有较大毛利原词库的学生在课堂上能学到更多的单词。这项研究表明，通过环境接触获得的原词库可以为语言学习带来显著的益处。

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期刊介绍： Language Learning is a scientific journal dedicated to the understanding of language learning broadly defined. It publishes research articles that systematically apply methods of inquiry from disciplines including psychology, linguistics, cognitive science, educational inquiry, neuroscience, ethnography, sociolinguistics, sociology, and anthropology. It is concerned with fundamental theoretical issues in language learning such as child, second, and foreign language acquisition, language education, bilingualism, literacy, language representation in mind and brain, culture, cognition, pragmatics, and intergroup relations. A subscription includes one or two annual supplements, alternating among a volume from the Language Learning Cognitive Neuroscience Series, the Currents in Language Learning Series or the Language Learning Special Issue Series.