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Ellis, Rod – System, 1989
Reports on a study of the learning styles of two adult classroom learners of German as a second language. The extent to which, and in what ways, learners' learning style varies, whether one learning style results in more effective learning, and the effect of instructional style on the subjects' learning outcomes are explored. (29 references)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Learning, Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis

Robinson, Peter; Ellis, Rod – TESOL Quarterly, 1994
An argument for the role of a structural syllabus as a means to promote "gradual mastery" of implicit second-language knowledge is refuted. The author responds with further discussion of the relationship between explicit and implicit knowledge. (Contains 13 references.) (LB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Course Descriptions, English (Second Language), Epistemology