doi: 10.18178/IJLLL.2022.8.3.348
The Acquisition of English Articles by Chinese Learners
Lijia Xiong
- Applied Foreign Languages Department, New Sorbo nne University Paris 3, France.
Abstract
English articles pose a lot of problems even afteryears of L2 English exposure and learning. The question is whyit is so difficult to acquire these elements when a learner doesnot have them in their native language. This question points to adeeper reason that involves looking into the structure of L1 andL2 and understanding their differences. In this paper, we focuson Chinese learners of English, where Chinese is a languagewithout articles. In order to find out more about the differencesin the structure of the grammar between the elementary andadvanced learners, we conducted a simple empirical study usinga close test. The results show that there are differences betweenarticle use among elementary and advanced learners, and thatadvanced learners were more target-like in their article usethan the elementary learners.
Keywords
- Chinese speakers
- English articles
- secondlanguage acquisition
- UG access
How to Cite
Lijia Xiong, "The Acquisition of English Articles by Chinese Learners," International Journal of Languages, Literature and Linguistics, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 198-203, 2022. https://doi.org/10.18178/IJLLL.2022.8.3.348
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