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Explicit and Implicit Negative Feedback: An Empirical Study of the Learning of Linguistic Generalizations.
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Carroll, Susanne; Swain, Merrill – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1993
The relative effects of various types of negative feedback on the acquisition of the English dative alternation by 100 adult Spanish-speaking learners of English as a Second Language were investigated. Results suggest that adult learners can and do use feedback to learn specific and abstract linguistic generalizations. (75 references) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Adult Students, English (Second Language), Error Correction, Feedback
Vygotskian Perspective on Corrective Feedback in L2: The Effect of Random versus Negotiated Help on the Learning of English Articles.
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Nassaji, Hossein; Swain, Merrill – Language Awareness, 2000
Examined whether negotiated help provided within the learners' zone of proximal development (ZPD) is more effective than help provided randomly and irrespective of the learners' ZPD. Data were collected during tutorial sessions on writing English compositions by two Korean learners of English. Findings provide support for a consciousness raising…
Descriptors: Consciousness Raising, Determiners (Languages), English (Second Language), Error Correction
Integrating Language and Content in Immersion Classrooms: Research Perspectives.
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Swain, Merrill – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1996
Focuses on research addressing how to integrate content and language teaching, with specific reference to studies conducted in French immersion classrooms. Findings indicate that teachers should structure activities to incorporate a focus on form into content teaching through teacher-led instruction and collaborative tasks with peers. (21…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Error Correction, Foreign Countries, French
Discovering Successful Second Language Teaching Strategies and Practices: From Programme Evaluation to Classroom Experimentation and A Response.
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Swain, Merrill; Johnson, Robert Keith – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1996
Analyzes how Canadian immersion education has developed from its origins to the present in terms of a cycle guided by the interplay between theory and classroom practice of second- language acquisition. Johnson responds by questioning the extent to which bilingual education theory and practices are universal or context specific. (38 references)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Error Correction