Open AccessTarget Variation as a Contributing Factor in TAML2 Production
Author(s) -
Paz González,
Carmen Kleinherenbrink
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
círculo de lingüística aplicada a la comunicación
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.298
H-Index - 6
ISSN - 1576-4737
DOI - 10.5209/clac.76711
Subject(s) - variation (astronomy) , narrative , linguistics , verb , second language acquisition , psychology , phenomenon , variety (cybernetics) , scrutiny , competence (human resources) , first language , language acquisition , preference , computer science , mathematics education , social psychology , artificial intelligence , political science , epistemology , mathematics , philosophy , statistics , physics , astrophysics , law
This study aims to clarify whether variation in the target language can influence its acquisition. More specifically, this study describes the acquisition of Spanish as a second language (L2) by examining the learning process based on (a) the first language (L1) of the learner and (b) which Spanish dialect is being learnt (the target). The phenomenon under scrutiny is the use of past tenses in the L2, as it has been proven to adequately measure the competence of the learner. Data from two L2 at-home-classroom student groups in the Netherlands, divided by either a European or Latin American oriented study program, has been collected. The task that they have made is a written narrative that elicits past verb forms in hodiernal and prehodiernal contexts. Our data shows a clear distinction in the preference of the past tense forms that each of the groups has, that can only be explained by looking at the Spanish variety which both program offers