The detriment that error production creates is affected by non-L1 speakers’ linguistic group membership

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2023-07-06 DOI:10.1075/jsls.00020.kir

Minna Kirjavainen, Grant Howie, Luke A. Rudge, Lucy Nicholson

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Abstract

We present three studies that investigate the effect of group-level language ability expectations on language ability judgements. Study 1 identifies expected English-language ability levels that native English speakers’ have for a number of non-native English-speaker groups. Based on the results, two text-based written-guise studies were conducted investigating the level of detriment that grammatical and lexical/typographical errors created on English-language ability ratings for different author guises (Swedish, Chinese, English) in formal (Study 2) and informal contexts (Study 3). In both contexts, grammatical errors produced by the guise representing the lower-ability non-L1 group were overlooked, while the same errors produced by the other guises significantly lowered the ability ratings. Our results coincide with the idea of the ‘sympathetic native speaker’ and expand it, suggesting that expected language level based on linguistic group membership inversely affects the level of sympathy/tolerance demonstrated. We link this to possible pedagogical implications.

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错误产生造成的损害受非母语使用者所属语言群体的影响

本文提出了三个研究，探讨群体水平语言能力期望对语言能力判断的影响。研究1确定了以英语为母语的人对一些非英语为母语的群体的预期英语能力水平。在此基础上，我们进行了两项基于文本的书面伪装研究，调查了语法和词汇/排版错误对正式(研究2)和非正式(研究3)中不同作者伪装(瑞典语、汉语、英语)的英语能力评级造成的损害程度。在这两种情况下，由伪装产生的语法错误都被忽略了，这些伪装代表了能力较低的非l1群体。而同样的错误由其他伪装产生显著降低能力评级。我们的研究结果与“富有同情心的母语人士”的观点一致，并将其扩展，表明基于语言群体成员的预期语言水平与所表现出的同情/宽容水平成反比。我们将此与可能的教学意义联系起来。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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