JALT2025 - Tokyo

MLA outweighs PTD in L3 transfer source selection

Nov 1, 2025, 3:05 PM

30m

National Olympics Memorial Youth Center / 国立オリンピック記念青少年総合センター

Research-oriented Presentation (30-minutes) Psychology and Language Learning Room 308

Speaker

Ms Siyi Peng (East China Normal University)

Description

This research explores how metalinguistic awareness (MLA) and psychotypological distance (PTD) interact to shape transfer patterns among Amdolese-Mandarin bilinguals differing in L1 dominance while learning the Spanish voicing contrast. Results highlight MLA as the primary factor in L3 transfer source selection, with PTD acting as a secondary influence. Moreover, MLA training effectively enhanced learners' MLA, thus influencing their decision in L3 transfer source selection, but had little impact on their PTD judgments.

Summary

This research explores how metalinguistic awareness (MLA) and psychotypological distance (PTD) interact to shape transfer patterns among Amdolese-Mandarin bilinguals differing in L1 dominance while learning the Spanish voicing contrast. Results highlight MLA as the primary factor in L3 transfer source selection, with PTD acting as a secondary influence. Moreover, MLA training effectively enhanced learners' MLA, thus influencing their decision in L3 transfer source selection, but had little impact on their PTD judgments.