An eye-tracking study on the effect of Chinese and L2 proficiency on the processing of V-N collocations by Chinese EFLlearners
This study involved an eye-movement experiment to investigate how the processing of English V-N collocations by 60 Chinese EFL learners was influenced by their Chinese and L2 proficiency.A total of 180 short English sentences with embedded E(nglish)-C(hinese)congruent,English-only,and Chinese-only collocations served as stimuli.The results are as follows:1)Chinese significantly impacted how proficient English learners processed English V-N collocations.Both the high-level and low-level proficiency groups processed E-C congruent collocations more efficiently than English-only collocations,and English-only collocations more efficiently than Chinese-only collocations,as evidenced by the shorter and fewer fixations of E-C congruent collocations.Furthermore,the Ll's influence persisted until the late stage of processing.2)The processing of English V-N collocations was influenced by L2 proficiency.The high-level group outperformed the low-level group in all eye-tracking measures,irrespective of the type of collocation processed.3)Although there was no significant interaction between Chinese and L2 proficiency,L2 proficiency had a more significant effect and modulated how L1 affected the processing of English collocations.The study of how Chinese affects the processing of English V-N collocations has significant implications for how English collocations are taught and acquired.
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