This presentation summarizes research on Chinese L1 English language learners. It covers four areas of research: phonology, morphology and syntax, pragmatic and social dimensions. It also discusses how important pronunciation is with the rise of World Englishes and outlines future directions for corpus research using big data. The presentation concludes by reviewing the key areas covered and asking for any questions.

1. CHINESE L1 ENGLISH
LEARNERS
A CROSSLINGUISTIC STUDY
C H R I S T Y G A N C H E R O
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2. OVERVIEW
• Introduction
• Phonology Research
• Morphology and Syntax Research
• Pragmatic and Social Research
• Discussion and Future Research
• Conclusion
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3. INTRODUCTION
• Importance of this topic:
– China’s population and the need for English teachers
• Crosslinguistics and Interlanguage
• Interconnectedness of age, socioeconomics,
motivation
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4. PHONOLOGY RESEARCH
• Eckman, F. R. (2004). From phonemic differences to constraint rankings: Research on
second language phonology.
• Dixon, L. Quentin, Chuang, Hui-Kai, and Quiroz, Blanca (2012). English phonological
awareness in bilinguals: A cross-linguistic study of Tamil, Malay and Chinese English-
language learners. Journal of Research in Reading, 35(4), 372–392.
• Leong, Che Kan, Cheng, Pui Wan, and Tan, Li Hai (2005). “The role of sensitivity to
rhymes, phonemes and tones in reading English and Chinese pseudowords. Reading and
Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 18(1), 1-26.
• McDowell, Heather J., & Lorch, Marjorie Perlman (2008). Awareness in Chinese L1 readers
of English: Not simply and effect of orthography. TESOL Quarterly, 42(3), 495-513.
• Rau, D. Victoria, Chang, Hui-Huan Ann, and Tarone, Elaine E. (2009). Think or sink:
Chinese learners’ acquisition of the English voiceless interdental fricative. Language
Learning, 59(3), 581-621.
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5. MORPHOLOGY AND SYNTAX RESEARCH
• Pierce, Lara J., Genesee, Fred and Paradis, Johanne (2013). Acquisition of English
grammatical morphology by internationally adopted children from China. Journal of
Child Language, 40 (5), 1076-1090.
• Lu, Xiaofei (2011). A corpus-based evaluation of syntactic complexity measures as
indices of college-level ESL writers' language development. TESOL Quarterly, 45 (1), 36-
62.
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6. RESEARCH ON PRAGMATIC AND SOCIAL
DIMENSIONS
• Chang, Yuh-fang (2011). Refusing in a foreign language: An investigation of problems
encountered by Chinese learners of English. Multilingua, 30(1), 71-98.
• He, An E (2011). Possibility of crosslingual transfer: A comparative study of Chinese (L1)
and English (L2) lessons. The Modern Language Journal, 95 (supplementary issue), 64-
80.
• Yu, M.-C (2004). Interlinguistic variation and similarity in second language speech act
behavior. The Modern Language Journal, 88(1), 102-119.
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7. DISCUSSION
• How important is pronunciation?
– World Englishes
• Syntax/Morphology research and “Big Data”
– Future of corpus research
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Future
Technology
Corpus
Research
Big Data

8. CONCLUSION
• Phonology Research
• Morphology and Syntax Research
• Pragmatic and Social Research
• Discussion and Future Research
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9. ANY QUESTIONS?
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10. THANK YOU!
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