LIN 3042 Applied Linguistics · Linck et al. (2009) tasks
2 · Verbal fluency
Main task · language production about 3 minutes
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Its role in the study
Main task: language production. The other task that tests the hypothesis: how easily do words come, in English and in Spanish? If immersion holds English back, immersed learners should come up with fewer English words. They did, and with more Spanish ones (Figure 3).
How it works
You get a category, say animals, and 30 seconds. Think of as many as you can, in your head, and tap +1 for each one (on a laptop, the space bar). If you prefer, write them on paper and tap as you write.
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The article: Linck, J. A., Kroll, J. F., & Sunderman, G. (2009). Losing access to the native language while immersed in a second language: Evidence for the role of inhibition in second-language learning. Psychological Science, 20(12), 1507–1515. Free version