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- Title
Inner Speech as Mental Rehearsal: The Case of Advanced L2 Learners.
- Authors
de Guerrero, María C. M.
- Abstract
This paper is a follow-up study on the issue of L2 inner speech as it manifests in mental rehearsal among advanced L2 learners. The purpose of the study was to find out to what extent advanced L2 learners experience inner speech as mental rehearsal and to identify some of the characteristics andfunctions of such inner speech. Results show that advanced L2 learners experience inner speech in the second language to a great extent and that the frequency of L2 inner speech increases with proficiency. Advanced L2 learners, however report using less inner speech than lower level learners for certain aspects of rehearsal, such as planning texts, self- and other-evaluation, storage and retrieval, self-instruction, and language play. It is argued that inner speech in the L2 is a developmental phenomenon associated with spontaneous rehearsal in the early stages of L2 acquisition and with verbal thinking in the more advanced stages.
- Subjects
SPEECH education; SELF-talk; FOREIGN language education; LANGUAGE disorders; SECOND language acquisition; BILINGUAL education; CROSS-cultural differences
- Publication
Issues in Applied Linguistics, 1999, Vol 10, Issue 1, p27
- ISSN
1050-4273
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5070/l4101005010