The Effect of Alignment on the Listening and Speaking Continuation Task

IF 1.5 3区文学 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

International Journal of Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2024-12-05 DOI:10.1111/ijal.12664

Yang Zhang, Yanxin Wang, Lianzhen He, Qidi Li, Yuchu Chen

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Abstract

This study aims to examine the effect of alignment on the listening and speaking continuation task (LSCT). A total of 47 Chinese L2 English learners were recruited as participants for the study. They were divided into two groups and were instructed to complete two separate continuation tasks with different input languages (English and Chinese). The scripts of oral continuation performed by the participants were analyzed from four aspects: word frequency, accuracy, fluency, and complexity. The results indicated that the effect of alignment exists in LSCT, especially in terms of lexicon and accuracy. When conducting English LSCT, participants tended to use more frequently the words that appeared in the audio story and paid more attention to the morphological characteristics of words, and participants achieved higher accuracy when the input language was English. However, there was no significant difference in terms of fluency and complexity between English and Chinese LSCT.

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连贯性对听力和口语继续任务的影响

本研究的目的是探讨听力和口语继续任务（LSCT）中的对齐效应。本研究共招募了47名中国第二语言英语学习者作为研究对象。他们被分成两组，并被要求用不同的输入语言（英语和汉语）完成两项独立的继续任务。从词频、准确性、流畅性和复杂性四个方面对被试的口语延续脚本进行分析。结果表明，在LSCT中存在对齐效应，特别是在词汇量和准确率方面。在进行英语LSCT时，被试倾向于更频繁地使用音频故事中出现的单词，更注意单词的形态特征，并且当输入语言为英语时，被试的准确率更高。然而，在流利性和复杂性方面，英汉两种语言语言的差异不显著。

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期刊介绍： The International Journal of Applied Linguistics (InJAL) publishes articles that explore the relationship between expertise in linguistics, broadly defined, and the everyday experience of language. Its scope is international in that it welcomes articles which show explicitly how local issues of language use or learning exemplify more global concerns.