Can explicit instruction help L2 learners overcome persistent L1 interference?: The case of free inversion in L2 English

Joana Teixeira

doi:10.1075/lald.65.09tei

Can explicit instruction help L2 learners overcome persistent L1 interference? The case of free inversion in L2 English

Joana Teixeira

Centro de Linguística da UNL (CLUNL)

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Abstract

The present work investigates whether free inversion is difficult to eliminate from the L2 English grammars of L1 speakers of a null subject Romance language, European Portuguese (EP), and whether L1 interference can be overcome as a result of explicit instruction. The work comprises two interrelated studies: a study on subject placement in L2 English, which was conducted with advanced and near-native learners, using timed and untimed tasks, and a teaching intervention study, which was conducted with intermediate and advanced learners, using a pre-test/post-test design. Results reveal that, typically, free inversion is only fully eliminated from L1 EP – L2 English grammars at a near-native level and that instruction can help learners overcome L1 interference, but its effectiveness depends on learners’ proficiency level.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	L1 Acquisition and L2 Learning
Subtitle of host publication	The view from Romance
Editors	Larisa Avram, Anca Sevcenco, Veronica Tomescu
Place of Publication	Amsterdão
Publisher	John Benjamins Publishing Company
Pages	229-256
Number of pages	28
ISBN (Electronic)	9789027258892
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1075/lald.65.09tei
Publication status	Published - 2021

Publication series

Name	Language Acquisition and Language Disorders
Volume	65
ISSN (Print)	0925-0123

Keywords

Explicit instruction
Free inversion
Generative second language acquisition
Near-nativeness
Timing of instruction

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Teixeira, J. (2021). Can explicit instruction help L2 learners overcome persistent L1 interference? The case of free inversion in L2 English. In L. Avram, A. Sevcenco, & V. Tomescu (Eds.), L1 Acquisition and L2 Learning: The view from Romance (pp. 229-256). (Language Acquisition and Language Disorders; Vol. 65). John Benjamins Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1075/lald.65.09tei

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Teixeira, J 2021, Can explicit instruction help L2 learners overcome persistent L1 interference? The case of free inversion in L2 English. in L Avram, A Sevcenco & V Tomescu (eds), L1 Acquisition and L2 Learning: The view from Romance. Language Acquisition and Language Disorders, vol. 65, John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdão, pp. 229-256. https://doi.org/10.1075/lald.65.09tei

Can explicit instruction help L2 learners overcome persistent L1 interference? The case of free inversion in L2 English. / Teixeira, Joana.
L1 Acquisition and L2 Learning: The view from Romance. ed. / Larisa Avram; Anca Sevcenco; Veronica Tomescu. Amsterdão: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2021. p. 229-256 (Language Acquisition and Language Disorders; Vol. 65).

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Teixeira J. Can explicit instruction help L2 learners overcome persistent L1 interference? The case of free inversion in L2 English. In Avram L, Sevcenco A, Tomescu V, editors, L1 Acquisition and L2 Learning: The view from Romance. Amsterdão: John Benjamins Publishing Company. 2021. p. 229-256. (Language Acquisition and Language Disorders). doi: 10.1075/lald.65.09tei