from Part III - Experimental Studies of Specific Populations and Language Families
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 December 2021
This chapter discusses the use of acceptability judgment tasks in second language (L2) and bilingual populations. L2 studies that use AJTs can be divided into those that test a variety of phenomena, with the goal of investigating such issues as age effects and ultimate attainment, and those that focus on specific grammatical phenomena. Studies that use AJTs with L2 populations need to consider a number of issues, including task modality, time pressure, the use of context, the type of rating scale, and participants' reasons for accepting or rejecting a sentence. Finally, this chapter addresses the question of what AJTs measure with L2/bilingual populations, and whether AJTs run the risk of overestimating and/or underestimating L2 knowledge. Like any other tasks, AJTs have both advantages and disadvantages, and may best be used in conjunction with other types of data collection methodologies.
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