An Investigation into the Tense/Aspect Preferences of Turkish Speakers of English and Native English Speakers in Their Oral Narration

Autor/inn/en	Bada, Erdogan; Genc, Bilal
Titel	An Investigation into the Tense/Aspect Preferences of Turkish Speakers of English and Native English Speakers in Their Oral Narration
Quelle	In: Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 7 (2007) 1, S.141-150 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1533-242X
Schlagwörter	Verbs; Morphemes; Second Language Learning; Language Research; Semantics; Language Usage; Native Speakers; Turkish; English (Second Language); Preferences; Oral Language; Second Language Instruction; Teacher Education; Films; Statistical Analysis; Foreign Countries; Narration; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Morphem; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Sprachforschung; Semantik; Sprachgebrauch; Muttersprachler; Türkisch; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Film; Statistische Analyse; Ausland; Türkei
Abstract	The study of SLA began around the beginning of the 70s with the emergence of both theoretical and empirical studies. Undoubtedly, the acquisition of tense/aspect, besides other topics, has attracted much interest from researchers. This study investigated the use of telic and atelic verb forms in the oral production of Turkish speakers of English (non-native speakers or NNSs) and native speakers of English (NSs). To elicit how the foreground and background of narrative formed; which tense/aspect is preferred in the foreground and background, each participant produced one monologue whose topic was retelling a film. The results showed that the discourse of non-native speakers exhibit target-like qualities not only in terms of usage of verbs according to their inherent semantic aspect of verbs only but also in terms of distribution of verb types in the foreground and background of discourse. (As Provided).
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