Rob Schoonen
List of John Benjamins publications in which Rob Schoonen is involved.
Journal
ISSN 0019-0829 | E‑ISSN 1783‑1490
2025 The role of linguistic context and language similarity in the relationship between language exposure and language proficiency in bilingual children Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism: Online-First Articles | Article
Amount of exposure has consistently been shown to influence language development in bilingual children. To date, it has been treated as a variable that affects language development in the same way in different groups of bilingual children, but insights from several fields suggest that the… read more
2022 Chapter 4. L2 writing: Theory and research Understanding L2 Proficiency: Theoretical and meta-analytic investigations, Jeon, Eun Hee and Yo In'nami (eds.), pp. 87–107 | Chapter
This chapter aims to identify sources of individual differences in writing proficiency, and ways to measure these differences. The construct of writing proficiency is delineated and embedded in cognitive approaches to writing research. It is considered to be a multi-faceted construct, which… read more
2019 Eighth graders’ expository text comprehension: Do motivational aspects add to cognitive skills? Dutch Journal of Applied Linguistics 8:2, pp. 172–205 | Article
The present study examined whether ten motivations to read expository texts moderated the effects of cognitive skills on eighth graders’ expository text comprehension, while accounting for the main effects of cognitive skills. Furthermore, it was examined whether the effect of motivational… read more
2012 The effect of task complexity on functional adequacy, fluency and lexical diversity in speaking performances of native and non-native speakers Dimensions of L2 Performance and Proficiency: Complexity, Accuracy and Fluency in SLA, Housen, Alex, Folkert Kuiken and Ineke Vedder (eds.), pp. 121–142 | Article
This study investigated how task complexity affected native and non-native speakers’ speaking performance in terms of a measure of communicative success (functional adequacy), three types of fluency (breakdown fluency, speed fluency, and repair fluency), and lexical diversity. Participants (208… read more
1999 Woordkennis Van Turkse Kinderen in de Bovenbouw Van Het Basisonderwijs: Een vergelijkend onderzoek bij één- en tweetalige Turkse leerlingen Toegepaste Taalwetenschap in Artikelen 61, pp. 21–33 | Article
In this study the breadth and depth of lexical knowledge in bilingual Turkish students in the Netherlands is compared to this knowledge in monolingual peers in Turkey. The Dutch students also performed a Dutch test on deep lexical knowledge, i.e. the Word Association Task (WAT). The results show… read more
1991 Schrijfvaardigheidsmetingen: Betrouwbaarheidswinst en Instrumentbias Schrijven in moedertaal en vreemde taal, pp. 56–67 | Article
In the assessment of writing ability it is difficult and costly to rate the students' texts reliably. Using more structured writing tasks and rating procedures could help avoiding some of the assessment problems. However, structured tasks and rating procedures threaten the validity of the writing… read more
1988 Het Gebruik Van Gestructureerde En Correctieopdrachten In Peilingsonderzoek Naar Schrijfvaardigheid Taaltoetsen, pp. 91–102 | Article
The assessment of writing ability is problematic, insofar as it concerns reliable, valid and practical measurement. In this article the possibilities of reducing error in both the writer's production and the judge's scoring are discussed. Special attention is paid to the reduction of the writing… read more