Helen Zhao

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..

Arabic learners’ acquisition of English past tense morphology

Helen Zhao, Yasuhiro Shirai

Journal article  |  2018  |  International Journal of Learner Corpus Research

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

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

Man Ho Ivy Wong, Helen Zhao, Brian MacWhinney

Journal article  |  2018  |  Language Learning

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

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

Book Chapter  |  2018

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

Measuring L2 Explicit Knowledge of English Verb-Particle Constructions: Frequency and Semantic Transparency at Two Proficiency Levels

Helen Zhao, FF Le

Book Chapter  |  2016

A corpus linguistics analysis of on-line peer commentary

N Taguchi, D Kaufer, MP Gomez-Laich, Helen Zhao

Book Chapter  |  2016