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Käyttötaajuus ja tarkkuus toisen kielen kehityksessä (2022)
Frequency of use and accuracy in second language development
Martin, M. (2022). Käyttötaajuus ja tarkkuus toisen kielen kehityksessä. In L. Aarikka, K. Priiki, & I. Ivaska (Eds.), Soveltavan kielitieteilijän sormenjälkiä etsimässä : kielen rakenteet ja niiden käyttäjät Kirsti Siitosen tutkimuksellisina kiintopisteinä (pp. 81-102). Suomen soveltavan kielitieteen yhdistys AFinLA. AFinLA-teema. https://doi.org/10.30660/afinla.111254
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Publication details
All authors or editors: Martin, Maisa
Parent publication: Soveltavan kielitieteilijän sormenjälkiä etsimässä : kielen rakenteet ja niiden käyttäjät Kirsti Siitosen tutkimuksellisina kiintopisteinä
Parent publication editors: Aarikka, Lotta; Priiki, Katri; Ivaska, Ilmari
eISBN: 978-951-9388-73-1
Journal or series: AFinLA-teema
eISSN: 2814-6298
Publication year: 2022
Publication date: 16/06/2022
Issue number: 14
Pages range: 81-102
Number of pages in the book: 287
Publisher: Suomen soveltavan kielitieteen yhdistys AFinLA
Publication country: Finland
Publication language: Finnish
DOI: https://doi.org/10.30660/afinla.111254
Persistent website address: https://journal.fi/afinla/article/view/111254
Publication open access: Openly available
Publication channel open access: Open Access channel
Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/82096
Additional information: Artikkelit
Abstract
The path of learning a new language must find a route between the need to express oneself and the desire to do so accurately. The article discusses this relationship between learning to use various constructions and getting them right. The pseudolongitudinal data consist of about 1200 texts written by young and adult learners of Finnish as a second language, assessed to represent the functionally determined Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) levels A1–C2. The results are sifted from a large number of studies which have followed the use and accuracy of a given construction in these texts. The results show that an increase of use often precedes an improvement in accuracy at the next CEFR level. Common constructions peak earlier both in use and accuracy than the less obligatory ones but errors in rarer constructions can function as indicators of high-level language skills.
Keywords: language learning; Finnish language; Finnish as a second language; language skills; use of language; precision; fluency
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Ministry reporting: Yes
VIRTA submission year: 2022
JUFO rating: 1