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Dr. R.T. (Rosalinde) Stadt

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Powl Docenten ILO

Visiting address
  • Nieuwe Achtergracht 127
Postal address
  • Postbus 15776
    1001 NG Amsterdam
Contact details
  • The influence of L1 Dutch and L2 English on the acquisition of L3 French

    In the Netherlands, English is ubiquitous in everyday life as an L2 and an increasing amount of primary and secondary schools offer an English based immersion program. The aim of this study is to contribute to the Third Language Acquisition (TLA) debate by investigating to what extent Dutch secondary school students prefer L2 English over L1 Dutch in L3 French acquisition. Therefore, we examine the influence of L1 Dutch and L2 English on L3 French in different stages of development and we study the effect of variables such as input, metalinguistic awareness and type of education on L3 learning by comparing an English immersion vs. a formal instruction programme. We investigate the acquisition of two verb placement constructions that are not present in French: The V2-rule (present in Dutch, but not in French) and no V-to-T movement (present in English, but not in French) and we look at developmental patterns with respect to the background languages hypothesizing that L2 influence develops over time, so that the L3 learners will show an increasing amount of negative transfer in the case of V-to-T and a developmental decrease of the incorrect V2-rule in French.

    Supervision: prof.dr. Aafke Hulk, dr. Petra Sleeman

     

  • Publications

    2020

    • Stadt, R., Hulk, A., & Sleeman, P. (2020). L1 Dutch vs L2 English and the initial stages of L3 French acquisition. In C. Bardel, & L. Sánchez (Eds.), Third language acquisition : Age, proficiency and multilingualism (pp. 237-261). (Eurosla Studies; Vol. 3). Language Science Press. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4138749 [details]

    2018

    • Stadt, R., Hulk, A., & Sleeman, P. (2018). The influence of L1 Dutch and L2 English on L3 French: A longitudinal study. Journal of the European Second Language Association (JESLA), 2(1), 63-71. https://doi.org/10.22599/jesla.42 [details]
    • Stadt, R., Hulk, A., & Sleeman, P. (2018). The influence of L2 English on L3 French acquisition in bilingual education. Dutch Journal of Applied Linguistics, 7(2), 227-245. https://doi.org/10.1075/dujal.18006.sta [details]
    • Stadt, R., Hulk, A., & Sleeman, P. (2018). The role of L2 exposure in L3A: A comparative study between third and fourth year secondary school students in the Netherlands. In J. Berns, H. Jacobs, & D. Nouveau (Eds.), Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory 13: Selected papers from ‘Going Romance’ 29, Nijmegen (pp. 279-296). (Romance languages and linguistic theory (RLLT); Vol. 13). John Benjamins Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1075/rllt.13.17sta [details]

    2016

    Talk / presentation

    • Stadt, R. (speaker) (15-3-2018). Verb placement in L3 German and L3 French: the role of L2 English, Modern Linguistics and Language Didactics , Konstanz.
    • Stadt, R. (speaker) (22-9-2017). The influence of L2 English on L3 French acquisition in a CLIL context: the role of input and proficiency, Najaarsstudiedag Anela, Tilburg.
    • Stadt, R. (speaker) (30-8-2017). The influence of L1 Dutch and L2 English on L3 French: A longitudinal study, Eurosla 2017, Reading.
    • Stadt, R. (speaker) (1-12-2016). The Role of L1 Dutch vs. L2 English in L3 French acquisition: a study on cross-sectional developmental patterns, Symposium on multilingualism, proficiency level and age, Stockhom.
    • Stadt, R. (speaker) (1-9-2016). The influence of L2 school immersion on the acquisition of L3 French:  the case of verb placement , 10th International Conference on Multilingualism and Third Language Acquisition, Vianna.
    • Stadt, R. (speaker) (10-6-2016). The Influence of L2 English Immersion and Exposure on L3 French, CALP, Basel.
    • Stadt, R. (speaker) (3-3-2016). L2 School Immersion and the Acquisition of Verb Placement in L3 French, DISM.
    • Stadt, R. (speaker) (6-2-2016). The L2 Status Factor and the Influence of English Immersion on L3 French, TIN dag, Utrecht.

    Others

    • Stadt, R. (participant) (15-3-2018 - 16-3-2018). Modern Linguistics and Language Didactics, Konstanz (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Stadt, R. (participant) (30-9-2017). Najaarsstudiedag Anela, Tilburg. Presentation (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Stadt, R. (participant) (30-8-2017 - 2-9-2017). Eurosla 2017, Reading (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Stadt, R. (participant) (11-6-2017 - 15-6-2017). 11th International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB). Participation and posterpresentation (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Stadt, R. (participant) (7-4-2017 - 9-4-2017). Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition, Southampton (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Stadt, R. (participant) (4-2-2017). Grote Taaldag 2017, Utrecht. Presentation (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Stadt, R. (participant) (10-12-2015 - 12-12-2015). Going Romance, Nijmegen. Presentation (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Stadt, R. (participant) (22-5-2015 - 23-5-2015). Anéla Applied Linguistics Conference 2015, Egmond aan Zee. Poster Prize, poster "The Influence of L2 English on L3 French: The Case of Verb Placement" (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).

    2019

    • Stadt, R. T. (2019). The influence of Dutch (L1) and English (L2) on third language learning: The effects of education, development and language combinations. [Thesis, fully internal, Universiteit van Amsterdam]. LOT. [details]
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