An attempt to measure the implicit and explicit knowledge of Chinese learners of Japanese

Abstract

This study investigated the implicit and explicit knowledge of 30 Chinese learners of Japanese who are studying in a university in China through an 'oral-imitation test' and an 'untimed grammaticality judgment test'. The result indicated that 1) the developments of the implicit and explicit knowledge are different; 2) the difference is related to proficiency level; 3) there were two types of grammatical items of undeveloped implicit knowledge.