The Use of Cognate Words and Interlingual Homographs to Investigate the Cross-Linguistics in Second Language Processing in Iran  

作　　者：Javad Gholami Parviz Alavinia SirosIzadpanah 

机构地区：[1]Urmia University, Urmia, Iran

出　　处：《Sino-US English Teaching》2015年第6期448-456,共9页中美英语教学（英文版）

摘　　要：Various investigations have shown that the native language impacts foreign word recognition and this influence is adapted by the dexterity in the normative language. Cognates, words which area like beyond two or additional languages in some fields signify an attention-grabbing, illuminating, and crucial facet of foreign or second language learning and research. Forty-five （males and females） participants have been randomly chosen and participated in the experiment in Islamic Azad University, Zanjan, Iran, in 2014-2015 school year. The participants＇ age was between from 18 to 28, with a mean age of 21.5 years. The materials were divided into two groups which include 30 true cognates and 30 false cognates words from 300 words by doing CVR （content validity ratio） and CVI （content validity index） （Lawshe＇s table with index of 88% and 82% respectively） for being reliable and valid. These words have been taught to them, after a week, a test has been prepared about those words. According to the results of T-test for comparing the average marks of learning in every two groups can be said that there is a meaningful difference between the scores. The results show that the students learned true cognate words better than the false cognate words. The results of this investigation conjointly make sure the expectations that cognate-based instruction can absolutely impact in second language acquisition.

关 键 词：false and true cognates L2 structural relationship second language vocabulary acquisition teaching through cognates 

分 类 号：TP391[自动化与计算机技术—计算机应用技术] TP391.2[自动化与计算机技术—计算机科学与技术]