THE ROLE OF L1 AND AGE EFFECT IN THE ACQUISITION OF ENGLISH ARTICLES AMONG CROATIAN YOUNG EFL LEARNERS.
The category of definiteness/indefiniteness is often seen as a linguistic universal (Chomsky 2000; Silić 2000) that exists in every human language but is expressed with different linguistic means and patterns in different languages. In English, this category is grammaticalized primarily via articles...
| Publicado en: | Croatica et Slavica Iadertina Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 185 - 206 |
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University of Zadar, Department of Croatian & Slavic Studies
2024
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Ante Starčevića 12, HR - 53000 Gospić. su: Linguistics English as a foreign language English language Croatian language Limited English-proficient students sug: subj: Linguistics English as a foreign language English language Croatian language Limited English-proficient students keyword: acquisition definiteness/indefiniteness L1/L2 young EFL learners određenost/neodređenost osnovnoškolski učenici engleskoga kao stranog jezika ovladavanje ab: The category of definiteness/indefiniteness is often seen as a linguistic universal (Chomsky 2000; Silić 2000) that exists in every human language but is expressed with different linguistic means and patterns in different languages. In English, this category is grammaticalized primarily via articles (Zergollern-Miletić 2008). The Croatian language does not contain an article system, and acquiring English articles represents a major problem for most learners of English as a foreign language (Balenović and Medved Krajnović 2013; Zergollern-Miletić 2015). The present paper investigates difficulties in acquiring English articles among young learners in Croatia in written tasks. Pupils involved in the research started learning English in the first grade of primary school. A total of 76 primary school learners from six different classes (schools) and different age groups were included in this research. The initial hypothesis is that the correct use of articles increases as learners’ overall L2 proficiency increases due to exposure to instructed EFL learning. A qualitative analysis was carried out using error analysis, i.e., proper/wrong use, or omission of the article. The findings partially confirmed the initial hypothesis and showed that our participants were becoming aware of the existence of English articles (they comprehended that articles should precede nouns), but we found very frequent article omission, which, according to our research results, indicates that the process of developing and understanding the semantic and pragmatic role of English articles is long and fluctuating specifically. Kategorija određenosti i neodređenosti često se povezuje s pojmom jezičnih univerzalija (Silić 2000; Chomsky 2000), tj. nema jezika u kojem ne postoji izražavanje spomenute kategorije, nego se jedino može govoriti o različitim načinima njezina izražavanja. U engleskom jeziku navedena kategorija najočitije je gramatizirana članom (ZergollernMiletić 2008). Nepostojanje izražavanja određenosti i neodređenosti članom u materinskom jeziku (hrvatskom) pretpostavlja ograničenje i poteškoće u ovladavanju navedenom kategorijom u inom (engleskom) jeziku (Balenović, Medved Krajnović 2013; Zergollern-Miletić 2015). U radu se iznose rezultati istraživanja o uporabi člana u pisanim sastavima učenika u osnovnoj školi. U istraživanje je uključeno ukupno 76 učenika petih i osmih razreda iz šest različitih škola (razreda). Učenici su počeli učiti engleski jezik u prvom razredu osnovne škole. Polazi se od pretpostavke da se ovladanost članom povećava s godinama učenja, što pretpostavlja i višu razinu jezičnog umijeća općenito. Kvalitativna analiza pisanih sastavaka izvršena je metodom analize pogrešaka svrstanih u kategorije točna/netočna uporaba, kao i izostavljanje člana. Rezultati istraživanja djelomično potvrđuju polaznu pretpostavku, tj. učenici su svjesni postojanja člana ispred imenica, ali ne i razumijevanja njegova značenja što dovodi do pogrešne uporabe i čestog izostavljanja člana. Iz toga proizlazi da je član vrlo složena jezično-semantička kategorija te je putanja ovladavanja njime dugačka i fluktuirajuća, pogotovo za govornike čiji prvi jezik nema člana, neovisno o stupnju ovladanosti engleskim jezikom. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Croatica et Slavica Iadertina is the property of University of Zadar, Department of Croatian & Slavic Studies and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. 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