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Date of Award
2013
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Document Type
Thesis: EWU Only
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA) in English: Teaching English as a Second Language
Department
English
Abstract
"This single case study is a close-up view of how one second language learner, Abdul, acquired a particular variety of American English-in this case African American Vernacular English (AAVE) (Perryman-Clark, 2013). Non-cognitive factors are examined, and Stephen Krashen's Monitor Theory is suggested as a possible lens through which teachers could examine learners' language choice. Through interview and informal discussions with the subject, the researcher and his mentor attempted to discover whether the language variety choice was conscious on the learner 's part because it appeared that he had not consciously chosen AAVE as his reference group"--Document.
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Recommended Citation
Stephens, Nicholas, "Non-cognitive factors in second language acquisition and language variety: a single case study of a Saudi male English for academic purposes student in the United States" (2013). EWU Masters Thesis Collection. 98.
https://dc.ewu.edu/theses/98
Comments
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