Helen Zhao

Modeling Input Factors in Second Language Acquisition of the English Article Construction

Helen Zhao, Jason Fan

Journal article  |  2021  |  FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY

Based on the Competition Model, the current study investigated how cue availability and cue reliability as two important input fac..

Bridging Australian Indigenous language learner’s guides with SLA materials development frameworks

YT Chiang, H Zhao, R Nordlinger

Journal article  |  2021  |  Language and Education

The learner’s guide (LG) is a genre of pedagogical materials for Australian Indigenous languages, but LGs developed by field lingu..

The Emergence of Second Language Categorisation of the English Article Construction

Helen Zhao

Journal article  |  2020  |  Languages

This study examines the emergent cognitive categorisation of the English article construction among second language (L2) learners...

SCHEMATIC DIAGRAMS IN SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING OF ENGLISH PREPOSITIONS A BEHAVIORAL AND EVENT-RELATED POTENTIAL STUDY

Helen Zhao, Shuting Huang, Yacong Zhou, Ruiming Wang

Journal article  |  2020  |  Studies in Second Language Acquisition

In the current study of applied cognitive linguistics (CL), schematic diagrams that represent generalizations of physical-spatial ..

Arabic learners’ acquisition of English past tense morphology: Lexical aspect and phonological saliency

Helen Zhao, Yasuhiro Shirai

Book Chapter  |  2020

The current study investigates the roles of lexical aspect and phonological saliency in second language acquisition of English pas..

A Cognitive Linguistics Application for Second Language Pedagogy: The English Preposition Tutor

MHI Wong, H Zhao, B MacWhinney

Journal article  |  2018  |  Language Learning

This study investigated the effects of teaching English prepositions using schematic diagrams inspired by cognitive linguistics in..

Polysemy and conceptual metaphor: A cognitive linguistics approach to vocabulary learning

Helen Zhao, TS-H Yau, KR Li, NN-Y Wong

Book Chapter  |  2018

Arabic learners’ acquisition of English past tense morphology Lexical aspect and phonological saliency

H Zhao, Y Shirai

Journal article  |  2018  |  International Journal of Learner Corpus Research

The current study investigates the roles of lexical aspect and phonological saliency in second language acquisition of English pas..

The instructed learning of form-function mappings in the English article system

Helen Zhao, B MacWhinney

Journal article  |  2018  |  Modern Language Journal

This article analyzes the instructed learning of the English article system by second language (L2) learners. The Competition Mode..

Concept-based instruction on English past perfect

CW Ng, Helen Zhao

Journal article  |  2017  |  Journal of Second and Multiple Language Acquisition