This chapter presents the results of a study on interlanguage variation. The production of four L2 learners of Italian, tested four times at yearly intervals while engaged in four oral tasks, is compared to that of two native speakers, and analysed with quantitative CAF measures. Thus, time, task type, nativeness, as well as group vs. individual scores are the independent variables and complexity, accuracy, and fluency are the dependent ones. Results show how both L2 learners and native speakers display situational variation, but with clear differences amongst the two groups. Longitudinally, all L2 learners achieve some progress, even if manner and rate change from task to task and from learner to learner. The discussion of results provides some stimulating points to be addressed in future research.
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García-Amaya, Lorenzo
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Jabbari, Nasser & Mark Peterson
2023. Complexity, accuracy, and fluency improvements through massively multiplayer online gaming: a longitudinal mixed-methods case study. The Language Learning Journal 51:4 ► pp. 416 ff.
Kuiken, Folkert
2023. Linguistic complexity in second language acquisition. Linguistics Vanguard 9:s1 ► pp. 83 ff.
Li, Cha & Lawrence Jun Zhang
2023. The Development of Accuracy and Fluency in Second Language (L2) Speaking Related to Self-Efficacy Through Online Scaffolding: A Latent Growth Curve Modeling Analysis. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research 52:5 ► pp. 1371 ff.
Rivard, Léonard P. & Ndeye R. Gueye
2023. Syntactic complexity and connector use in the summary writing of L1 and L2 Canadian students. Journal of French Language Studies 33:2 ► pp. 197 ff.
2019. The Longitudinal Development of Grammatical Complexity at the Phrasal and Clausal Levels in Spoken and Written Responses to the TOEFL iBT® Test. ETS Research Report Series 2019:1 ► pp. 1 ff.
SAUER, LUZIA & ROD ELLIS
2019. The Social Lives of Adolescent Study Abroad Learners and Their L2 Development. The Modern Language Journal 103:4 ► pp. 739 ff.
Vercellotti, Mary Lou
2019. Finding variation: assessing the development of syntactic complexity in ESL Speech. International Journal of Applied Linguistics 29:2 ► pp. 233 ff.
De Clercq, Bastien & Alex Housen
2017. A Cross‐Linguistic Perspective on Syntactic Complexity in L2 Development: Syntactic Elaboration and Diversity. The Modern Language Journal 101:2 ► pp. 315 ff.
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