Despite the growth of research in learning and teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language
(CFL), no scoping review of research published in international, anglophone journals has …

Chinese character instruction has been one of the most challenging aspects in teaching
Chinese as a Foreign Language (CFL). CFL teachers need access to a pool of effective …

As hypothesized by the unified competition model (MacWhinney, 2007, 2017, 2021),
optimizing training schemes can enhance second language (L2) learning by fostering …

In this paper, the role of radical awareness in Chinese character reading development
among young Chinese-as-a-second-language (CSL) learners is evaluated in terms of a …

Character learning is a key issue for second language (L2) Chinese learners. However, our
understanding is limited regarding the extent to which the multilevel linguistic knowledge …

This study examines the relationship between German second language (L2) learners'
awareness of the German lexical stress assignment system and their ability to accurately …

Learning Chinese characters could be challenging for many CSL learners due to the
distinction in orthographic features between the Chinese written system and their first …

Second language acquisition (SLA) is complex and multidimensional. Using the framework
of the unified competition model (UCM), the current study explores how robust learning and …

The study investigated the effect of marginal glossing and frequency of occurrence on the
incidental learning of six aspects of vocabulary knowledge through reading in the second …

Language awareness is the totality of conscious efforts to know and practice the language.
As to the metalinguistic awareness, it refers to the discovery of the social, cultural, historical …