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Computer-Mediated Corrective Feedback and the Development of L2 Grammar [PDF]

Language Learning and Technology, 2009
This paper reports on a study that investigated the impact of two types of computer-mediated corrective feedback on the development of adult learners’ L2 knowledge: (1) corrective feedback that reformulates the error in the form of recasts, and (2 ...
Shannon Sauro
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Negotiating Legitimacy: Identity Construction of Non‐Native and Heritage‐Background Korean Language Teachers

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores how non‐native and heritage‐background graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) negotiate legitimacy and construct their professional identities as Korean language teachers at a major public university in New Zealand. Drawing on data from a questionnaire and semi‐structured interviews, the findings reveal the influence of ...
Mi Yung Park, Jongyun Lim, Thy Nguyen Thao Le   +2 more
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Listener Commentary Reveals the Social Salience of Accent Features

Journal of Sociolinguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines how listeners from two regions of England perceive and describe Northern English accents. Using the Salient Language in Context (SLIC) methodology, 94 respondents from two regions of England listened to recorded voices, clicking when they noticed features and providing open‐ended comments.
Chris Montgomery
wiley   +1 more source

Representacions gramaticals i activitat metalingüística dels alumnes de secundària: la categoria verb

Bellaterra Journal of Teaching & Learning Language & Literature, 2010
This article describes a research project on the grammatical representation made by students in their final year of compulsory secondary schooling of the "verb" category: a notion of great epistemological difficulty.
Carme Durán Rivas
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How Awareness of Orthographic Transparency Benefits the Lexical Encoding of Second Language Vowels

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract We investigated the influence of orthographic transparency, and learners’ awareness of it, on the second language (L2) phonolexical encoding of Brazilian Portuguese (BP) mid‐vowel contrasts. In BP, accent marks indicate vowel quality (mid‐closed vs.
Hunter Brakovec, Isabelle Darcy
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The Role of Age and Instruction in Children's Learning of Vocabulary and Grammar

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract It is generally assumed that children and adults learn language through fundamentally different mechanisms: Children predominantly rely on implicit learning, and adults utilize more explicit strategies (Lichtman, 2016). However, little is known about when and how learners begin to benefit from explicit instruction over the course of language ...
Wensi Zhang, Patrick Rebuschat, Padraic Monaghan   +2 more
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Juicios y actitudes lingüísticas en el Perú y su reflejo en las novelas de Jaime Bayly

Lexis, 2008
Jaime Bayly’s novels show the literary treatment of linguistic conflict that characterizes Peruvian Spanish. Following Coseriu’s ideas about speakers as linguists and Giles’ psychosocial theories about accommodation, in the present study we analyze the ...
Florencio del Barrio
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Developing explicit and implicit L2 knowledge with Duolingo’s input-based features: Case studies of L2 Spanish learning

Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching
In this single-case study with a quasi-experimental design, we set out to examine the role of two input-based features of the language learning app Duolingo on learners’ development of implicit and explicit second language (L2) knowledge. We investigated
Anthony Brandy, Phil Hiver
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L2 Learners' Acquisition of English Nominal Clauses: Effects of Textual Enhancement, Metalinguistic Explanation, and Self-Regulation [PDF]

Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning, 2018
This study aimed to investigate the impact of textual enhancement and metalinguistic explanation as focus-on-form tasks tending to encourage the acquisition of nominal clauses (NCs) in English.
Hossein Younesi, Zia Tajeddin
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Redescribing early pragmatics

Mind &Language, EarlyView.
Developmental work on ostensive communication calls for reconsidering existing theoretical accounts within a comprehensive framework of early pragmatics and its development. In this paper, we propose a new perspective on the ontogeny and development of ostensive communication as underpinned by a process of knowledge and representational redescription ...
Edoardo Vaccargiu, Diana Mazzarella
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