Language development, language learning: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 11:58, 16 April 2024

L1 refers to your native or first language (sometimes mother language, mother tongue)

L2 refers to your second language (sometimes auxiliary language)

Whether we use L2 for 'all others' or whether we continue counting depends a little on context.

Note also that this does not necessarily correspond to the dominant language, the one the speaker is most comfortable with.

@@ Line 23: / Line 23: @@
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_period#First_language_acquisition
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_language
+-->
+==Fluency==
+<!--
+How fluent you are can be tested and/or self-reported.
+Neither is quite objective, both can be useful.
+It's not even quite clear what fluency means
+: You could argue for an utterancy fluency - perhaps measured by speed of speaking, pauses to think, and repairs
+: You could consider a cognitive fluency as an ease of translating thoughts to sounds
+: You could consider a perceived fluency as a listener's ''impression'' of their cognitive fluency
+There is even an argument that underlying metrics should not become single scores,
+but be measured as you go https://www.eurokd.com/doi/10.32038/ltrq.2023.37.09
+Tests can be varied, from
+: "how often do you say um"
+to
+: "how irregular is the speed at which you produce words"
+to
+: "how easily do you use this vocabulary in a correct way"
+to even
+: how comprehensilble is the product"
+-->
+<!--
 ==Methods==