Variability and individual differences in L2 sociolinguistic evaluations: The GROUP, the INDIVIDUAL and the HOMOGENEOUS ENSEMBLE

• Published in: Studies in second language acquisition Vol. 45; no. 5; pp. 1186 - 1209
• Main Authors: Wirtz, Mason A., Pfenninger, Simone E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.12.2023
• Subjects: Dialect Studies; Dialects; Estimates; German as a second language; German language; Heterogeneous Grouping; Individual differences; Intelligence; Language; Language Proficiency; Language Variation; Learning Processes; Motivation; Native Speakers; Predictor Variables; Second language learning; Sociolinguistics; Stimuli; Verbal Stimuli; Austria

This study is the first to investigate subject-level variability in sociolinguistic evaluative judgements by 30 adult L2 German learners and explore whether the observed variability is characterizable as a function of individual differences in proficiency, exposure, and motivation. Because group-lev...