tailieunhanh - English article choices by Vietnamese EFL learners

This paper investigates the choice of articles by L1 (first language) Vietnamese learners of L2 (second language) English under the framework proposed by Ionin, Ko and Wexler (2004). | ENGLISH ARTICLE CHOICES BY VIETNAMESE EFL LEARNERS Nguyen Thi Quyen* Department of English Education, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, South Korea Received 15 November 2017 Revised 13 March 2018; Accepted 30 March 2018 Abstract: This paper investigates the choice of articles by L1 (first language) Vietnamese learners of L2 (second language) English under the framework proposed by Ionin, Ko and Wexler (2004). According to their Fluctuation Hypothesis and Article Choice Parameter, L2 learners of English whose L1 does not have articles have direct, universal grammar-mediated access to universal semantic features of the article system, . definiteness and specificity. The dual article system of English encodes definiteness, which leads L2 learners whose L1 lacks a proper article system to fluctuate between the two values of the Article Choice Parameter, that is, definiteness and specificity. Although empirical research has been done to examine the acquisition of article system by both L1 and L2 learners as well as to validate the hypothesis, the results obtained from the research appear to be inconclusive, laying a fruitful area for further investigation. The current research was carried out with the aim to enrich L2 data with respect to the article acquisition domain and, more importantly, to examine Ionin et al.’s (2004) conclusions regarding the effect of specificity on the choice of article. The study was also motivated by the scarcity of research looking at how Vietnamese learners of L2 English acquire the target article system. Keywords: universal grammar, article system, article choice parameter, second language acquisition 1. Introduction It is often acknowledged that the English article system is particularly problematic to its learners at every proficiency level. Challenges associated with this grammar notion are often explained from a cross-linguistic perspective in which obviously not every language has an article system like that

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