Roehr-Brackin, Karen (2024) Measuring children’s metalinguistic awareness. Language Teaching. pp. 1-17. DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/S0261444824000016
Roehr-Brackin, Karen (2024) Measuring children’s metalinguistic awareness. Language Teaching. pp. 1-17. DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/S0261444824000016
Roehr-Brackin, Karen (2024) Measuring children’s metalinguistic awareness. Language Teaching. pp. 1-17. DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/S0261444824000016
Abstract
Research into young learners’ metalinguistic awareness has led to both definitions of the construct and key findings about its role in children’s cognitive and linguistic development. I briefly summarise this research before introducing two established theoretical models that can help us understand the concept of metalinguistic awareness more broadly: E. Bialystok’s classic dichotomy of analysis of knowledge and control of processing, and R. Ellis’ notion of explicit (second language) knowledge. This is followed by an overview of measures of metalinguistic awareness that have been used in empirical studies to date as well as an illustration and critique of selected measures. As a result, I propose a model which combines features of the two previous frameworks by conceptualising knowledge representations and processes in terms of (1) how implicit/explicit and (2) how specific/schematic they are. I explain this model to illustrate how it can serve as a useful thinking tool. In particular, I argue that the model not only allows us to theorise measures of metalinguistic awareness more clearly and easily, but that it can also capture tasks aimed at assessing other linguistic and cognitive abilities. The paper concludes with a brief outlook on future research into metalinguistic awareness.
Item Type: | Article |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Language and Linguistics, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 22 Feb 2024 13:05 |
Last Modified: | 30 Oct 2024 21:09 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/37851 |
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