Analyse de l’effet L1 dans l’émergence de l’auxiliation en français L2 by Cyrille Granget

“…The purpose of this study is to understand the influence of the first language (L1) on the emergence of auxiliary verbal constructions (AVCs) in a second language (L2). …”
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L'écart et l'entre-deux : traduire la culture by Jean Szlamowicz

“…We talk about “residual translation” for the way a translator can keep words from the first language so as to preserve-reveal-and-adapt their cultural import. …”
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Unsuccessful language learners: the content of the notion and the typology by Natal’ya I. Igolkina

“…Linguistic factor is revealed in the comparison of the native and target languages as well as in the peculiarities of the first language speech. The further development of this typology will allow researchers to develop diagnostic tools to define the courses of failures and low performance and to create recommendations and tools for language teachers.…”
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Investigating Errors in the Written Composition of Undergraduate ESL Learners at Aligarh Muslim University by Mohd Akram Khan

“…This study investigated common English writing errors made by undergraduate ESL learners at Aligarh Muslim University whose first language is Urdu-Hindi. The study is carried out with the help of written compositions from 20 participants. …”
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Linking Context to Language Switching: Effects of Background Noise on Bilingual Language Comprehension by Lu Jiao, Zejun Wang, Xiaoting Duan, Yingying Yu, Cong Liu

“…In the present study, we set out to examine the effect of background noise on bilingual language comprehension between a person’s first language (L1) and second language (L2). Language control systems seem to systematically engage in bilingual language production, as evidenced by the presence of switch costs with slower responses to switch trials than repeat trials. …”
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Additive Linking in Second Language Discourse: Lexical, Syntactic and Discourse Organizational Choices in Intermediate and Advanced Learners of L2 German with L1 French by Audrey Bonvin, Christine Dimroth

“…Native speakers of French, on the other hand, prefer to construe utterances as answering implicit Wh-questions, thereby focusing discourse entities and establishing contrasts between them.    Based on their first language’s entity-based utterance organization, even advanced second language learners of German are shown to use a hybrid system, establishing mainly entity-based and only a few assertion-based discourse relations.…”
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Using social robots for language learning: are we there yet? by Huang Guanyu, Moore Roger K.

“…RALL has developed rapidly in second language learning, especially driven by the need to compensate for the shortage of first-language tutors. There are many implementation cases and studies of social robots, from early government-led attempts in Japan and South Korea to increasing research interests in Europe and worldwide. …”
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The impact of L1 literacy on the production of Spanish verbal passives by school-age Spanish heritage speakers by Andrew Armstrong, Silvina Montrul, Silvina Montrul

“…However, less is known about how written language exposure impacts first language (L1) morphosyntactic growth in Spanish-speaking children in the U.S., who are educated in their second language (L2) and have little opportunities to develop L1 literacy. …”
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Cross-linguistic Phonological Transfer: by Jahurul Islam, Md. Sayeed Anwar, Shahriar Mohammad Kamal

“…However, there has been limited investigation into whether speakers can transfer discrimination abilities from the vowel contrasts in their first language (L1) to novel contrasts in a second language (L2) that differ in specific phonetic features. …”
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DeepSeek vs. ChatGPT: Comparative Efficacy in Reasoning for Adults’ Second Language Acquisition Analysis by Mohammad Mahyoob Albuhairy, Jeehaan Algaraady

“…With this premise, we aim to evaluate their efficacy in detecting linguistic inaccuracies (morphology, syntax, semantics) and diagnosing cases of L1 (first language). Methods include error analysis of non-native Arabic sentences, comparative evaluation of the two models, and contrasting assessment of depth of reasoning. …”
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Pedagogical grammar as a frame concept for research in the field of foreign language teaching methods. Part 16. Problems of organising pedagogical grammar in teaching by L. Chernovaty

“…The article presents a comparative analysis of two approaches to teaching a foreign language in general and its grammar in particular – acquisition (mainly implicit learning, similar to the mastery of a first language) and learning (based on students’ awareness of the structure and conditions of use of the grammatical structures to be learnt). …”
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Relative complexity in a model of word difficulty: The role of loanwords in vocabulary size tests by Derek Canning, Stuart McLean, Joseph Vitta

“…This study presents a multiple regression model of word-learning difficulty from a data set of monolingual Japanese first language (L1) learners. Vocabulary Size Test (VST) scores of 2,999 L1 Japanese university students were converted to logit scores to determine the word-learning difficulty of 80 target words. …”
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Interpretation services used for non-English language speaking patients with head and neck cancer: Findings from a tertiary London cancer centre by Maesaya Chartkul, Florence Cook, Roganie Govender

“…Information was collected from electronic hospital records on demographics, disease/treatment characteristics, first language; categorised as English primary language (EPL), non-English primary language (NEPL) and interpretation requirements; formal (professional interpreters) or informal (patients friends/relatives). …”
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Validation of the Maslach burnout inventory-general survey 9-item short version (MBI-GS9) among care aides in Canadian nursing homes by Anni Wang, Yinfei Duan, Seyedehtanaz Saeidzadeh, Peter G. Norton, Carole A. Estabrooks

“…Care aides with English as their first language showed higher latent values of the Exhaustion subscale compared to those with English as a second language. …”
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Modality-Focused L2-Instruction in Swedish Sign Language by Ingela Holmström

“…., a learner who has a spoken language as the first language most commonly learns additional spoken languages as L2. …”
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Teaching accounting principles using augmented reality and artificial intelligence-generated IsiZulu language translations by Abejide Ade-Ibijola, Aneetha Sukhari, Solomon Sunday Oyelere

“…In South Africa, and Africa as a whole, the majority of the population speak in their mother tongue as a first language, which is problematic for students enrolled at English medium universities. …”
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Does digital, multimedia information increase recruitment and retention in a children’s wrist fracture treatment trial, and what do people think of it? A randomised controlled Stud... by Jacqueline M Martin-Kerry, Peter Knapp, Steven Higgins, Rebecca Sheridan, Juul Achten, Duncan Appelbe, Louise Spoors, Thirimon Moe-Byrne, Daniel Perry, Jenny Roche

“…Children’s mean age was 9.2 years, 41.0% were female, 77.4% were ethnically White and 90.0% spoke English as a first language.Interventions Participants and their parents/guardian received trial information either via multimedia, including animated videos, talking head videos and text (revised for readability and age appropriateness when needed) on tablet computer (MMI group; n=681), or printed participant information sheet (PIS group; n=728).Outcome measures Primary outcome was recruitment rate to FORCE. …”
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Do community-based digital health inclusion programmes contribute to tackling health inequalities in disadvantaged population groups?: a qualitative study of experiences of a city-... by Shoba Poduval, Lily Arnold, Emma Carta, Danielle Nimmons, Irene Stratton, Michael Shaw, Katherine Bradbury, Fiona Stevenson

“…Such digital health exclusion exacerbates existing health inequalities experienced by older people, people with less income, less education or who don’t have English as a first language. This study examines the role of a city-wide digital inclusion programme in the North of England, which works with Voluntary Sector Community Organisations (VCSOs) to provide digital support to disadvantaged communities (Digital Health Hubs). …”
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Preparing teachers of Early Childhood Education to teach a foreign language: the PEPELINO portfolio in practice by Joanna Rokita-Jaśkow, Werona Król-Gierat

“…The data analysis revealed that ‘supporting the linguistic development of children with other first languages than Polish’ gained the least support among the respondents, despite a significant course module devoted to this issue. …”
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