Naslov
An analysis of the acquisition of the markers of definiteness and indefiniteness in English in early EFL

Autori
Zergollern-Miletić, Lovorka

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
RUHMSJ - 4, ECNSI 2010 / - , 2010

Skup
RUHMSJ - 4, ECNSI 2010

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 11.11.2010. - 13.11.2010

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
definiteness; indefiniteness; early EFL

Sažetak
The paper presents the results of an analysis conducted within the project Early acquisition of English as a foreign language: the analysis of the learner's interlanguage (project no. 130-1301001- 0988). The analysis focuses on the acquisition of the markers of definiteness and indefiniteness in English (articles, demonstratives, indefinite pronouns, possessives and quantifiers) by young Croatian learners. 24 primary school children from three Croatian primary schools were the participants in this research. They started learning English in their fourth grade. At the end of each schoolyear, starting with the fifth grade and ending with the eighth, the acquisition of English by the pupils included in the project was assessed. Additional assessment was conducted in four groups of six focal learners. The article focuses on the focal learners' acquisition of the markers of definiteness/indefiniteness in English. Transcribed recordings of the focal learners' oral production at the end of three schoolyears (fifth, sixth, and seventh grades) have been analysed in order to establish whether differences in the level of the acquisition of the said linguistic elements occured over the four years. The pictures that the focal learners were asked to describe at the end of each schoolyear served as instruments for this research.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

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