Interindividual Variation in Self-perceived Oral Proficiency of English L2 Users

Dewaele, Jean Marc

doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-5639-0_8

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“…This negative relationship between SLA and self-perceived L2 competence has been repeatedly reported in foreign and second language anxiety research (e.g., Dewaele, 2008;Donovan and MacIntyre, 2005). Although self-perceived L2 competence correlates highly with actual competence (Noels and Clement, 1996), it is important to recognize the potential of SLA to bias self-perceived competence in a negative direction.…”

Section: Individual Differences In Slamentioning

confidence: 77%

“…One obvious factor affecting FSL/SLA is an individual's selfperceived competence in speaking their L2 (Donovan and MacIntyre, 2005;Dewaele, 2008), which tends to be a good predictor of actual proficiency (MacIntyre, et al, 1997;Noels and Clement, 1996). There is also evidence that FLA/SLA is related to age, with anxiety diminishing as age increases (Onwuegbuzie, Bailey, and Daley, 1999).…”

Section: Individual Differences In Foreign and Second Language Anxietmentioning

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Second language anxiety among Latino American immigrants in Australia

Blakeley

Ford

Casey

2015

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

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Research into Second Language Anxiety (SLA) has largely focused on secondlanguage learners rather than immigrants. However, living in an environment where the target language (TL) is the language of everyday communication may constitute a significant source of anxiety that generalises beyond the language classroom (Pappamihiel, 2001;Rose, 2008, Woodrow, 2006. This study explored SLA across different social contexts in a sample of 190 adult immigrants from Latin America to Australia who spoke Spanish as their first language (L1) and English as their second language (L2). The aims were to (a) investigate the presence and severity of SLA among L2 long-term immigrants, and (b) examine sources of individual differences in SLA. Results indicated that SLA exists among L2 immigrants at moderate, high and very high levels, and that levels of anxiety vary significantly across social contexts. Self-perceived L2 proficiency was found to be the strongest predictor of SLA followed by extroversion and age, with higher scores on all three variables associated with lower SLA. Gender, education level, duration of residency in Australia, and emotional stability did not predict SLA in any of the contexts. These findings suggest that SLA is a significant problem for adult immigrants, permeating most aspects of their everyday lives. Practical implications and recommendations for future research are discussed.

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Section: Individual Differences In Slamentioning

confidence: 77%

Section: Individual Differences In Foreign and Second Language Anxietmentioning

confidence: 99%

Second language anxiety among Latino American immigrants in Australia

Blakeley

Ford

Casey

2015

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

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“…Self-perceived oral proficiency. The questionnaire contained four items related to selfperceived proficiency in speaking, comprehending, reading and writing in the different languages (for a discussion on the strengths and weaknesses of this approach, see Dewaele, 2007a). The question was formulated as follows: On a scale from 1 (least proficient) to 5 (fully fluent) how do you rate yourself in speaking the L2?…”

Section: Network Of Interlocutorsmentioning

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The emotional weight of I love you in multilinguals’ languages

Dewaele

2008

Journal of Pragmatics

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“…The effect of AoA was typically stronger in more stressful situations such as speaking on the phone or speaking in public. Dewaele (2007a) analysed variation in self-perceived oral communicative competence of 475 English L2 users grouped in three AoA groups and found that early starters rated their oral communicative competence in English significantly more highly than participants who started learning English later. Dewaele (2007b) looked at the effect of a range of independent variables, including AoA, on the frequency of a particular language choice for mental calculation in the population of 1454 bi-and multilinguals reported earlier.…”

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Age effects on self-perceived communicative competence and language choice among adult multilinguals

Dewaele¹

2009

EUROSLA

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The present study focuses on the effects of age of acquisition (AoA) on dependent variables that have been traditionally overlooked in research on age effects:(1) self-perceived communicative competence in speaking, comprehending, reading and writing; (2) language choice for emotional speech in different situations; and (3) language choice for mental calculation and inner speech. We consider the effect of AoA on a large variety of L2s, L3s and L4s of 1,579 adult bi-and multilinguals. Data were collected through an on-line questionnaire Pavlenko 2001-2003). Statistical analyses revealed very strong AoA effects on most of the dependent variables in the L2 and L3 of participants. However, these AoA effects were generally non-significant in their L4. The findings are discussed in relation to the current understanding of the research on age effects in Second Language Acquisition.

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Interindividual Variation in Self-perceived Oral Proficiency of English L2 Users

Cited by 11 publications

References 27 publications

Second language anxiety among Latino American immigrants in Australia

Second language anxiety among Latino American immigrants in Australia

The emotional weight of I love you in multilinguals’ languages

Age effects on self-perceived communicative competence and language choice among adult multilinguals

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