Helen Zhao

Learning on the Field: L2 Turkish Vowel Production by L1 American English-Speaking NGOs in Turkey

Keryn de Jonge, Olga Maxwell, Helen Zhao

Journal article  |  2022  |  LANGUAGES

This study adopts the Speech Learning Model to investigate the first language (L1) influence as well as the effects of the length ..

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

Yu-Ting Chiang, Yun Zhao, Rachel Nordlinger

Journal article  |  2022  |  Language and Education

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

Willingness to Communicate and Second Language Fluency: Korean-Speaking Short-Term Sojourners in Australia

Jeongmin Kim, Helen Zhao, Chloe Diskin-Holdaway

Journal article  |  2022  |  Languages

The current mixed-method study investigated two groups of Korean-speaking short-term sojourners in Australia. One group (students)..

Multiple perspectives on group work in a multilingual context

Neomy Storch, Helen Zhao, Janne Morton

Journal article  |  2022  |  Australian Review of Applied Linguistics

Abstract: Group assignments are widely used in higher education for a range of educational reasons. Although there is a large body..

Frequency Effects in Chinese Learners’ Acquisition of the English Article Construction

Helen Zhao, Yasuhiro Shirai

Book Chapter  |  2022

The current study, built on the usage-based approach to language, investigated frequency effects in Chinese learners’ acquisition ..

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..

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

Helen Zhao, Yasuhiro Shirai

Book Chapter  |  2020

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..