Research Symposium
23rd annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, April 6, 2023
Darius Frazier he/him/his Poster Session 2: 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm/ Poster #16
BIO
I am a second year student graduating in the spring of 2024. I am from Tampa, FL. In the future, I want to go to medical school to become a neurosurgeon.
Learning a Second Language Subconsciously
Authors: Darius Frazier, Shaofeng LiStudent Major: Exercise Physiology
Mentor: Shaofeng Li
Mentor's Department: School of Teacher Education (EDU_STE) (130000) Mentor's College: College of Education Co-Presenters: Logan Jones, Brooke Engler, Reese Riezinger, Shawny Nicolas, Stephanie Kulenguskey
Abstract
Second language learning is taught in the majority of schools across the globe in order to communicate and collaborate with one another. This study looks into one specific type: unconscious learning. In the data collection stage, participants in China, who have learned English in many different ways, were surveyed. The participants all looked at the same graphics put in front of them and then told the story they saw in their own words, in English. These results were then taken and rated on 2 factors: comprehensibility and accentedness. The results are then going to be analyzed and compared. The goal is to discover the influence that unconscious second language acquisition has on the language learning process and how these results differ from those in a traditional learning environment.
Keywords: Language, Unconscious, ESL