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Wang, Jie; Singhapreecha, Pornsiri – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2022
Resolution to ambiguity imposed by English relative clauses (RC) was examined with Thai EFL students in this study. Offline experimental items included two-site context NPs, i.e., NP1 "of" NP2 (Complex NP of) and NP1 "with" NP2 (Complex NP "with") modified by RCs. As NP1 and NP2 occupy higher and lower positions in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
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Qamili, Shprese – Pegem Journal of Education and Instruction, 2023
English is a compulsory foreign language in all public and private primary and secondary schools and universities in the Republic of Kosovo. English language is a separate subject in the "Curricular Framework of Pre-University Education in the Republic of Kosovo", where it is ranked after the mother tongue. Thus, English occupies a…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Kirk, Rachel W. – Hispania, 2013
This study examines the effects of processing instruction (PI) alone versus PI and output (O) on the acquisition of three conjunctional and infinitival phrases in Spanish. Seventy intermediate and advanced-intermediate high school participants received: 1) PI on three consecutive days (PI + PI + PI); 2) PI for two days and meaning-based output…
Descriptors: Spanish, Language Processing, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Khatib, Mohammad; Alizadeh, Mehrasa – English Language Teaching, 2012
EFL Learners often have problems using the past tense accurately. In an attempt to solve their problem, this study was carried out to examine the effects of using two different types of output tasks on noticing and learning the English past tense. Sixty female school-age EFL learners were divided into groups of 18, 19, and 23 participants. A…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Gunnarsson, Cecilia – Language Learning & Language Teaching (MS), 2012
The present longitudinal case study investigated the development of fluency, complexity and accuracy--and the possible relationships between them--in the written production of L2 French. We assessed fluency and complexity in five intermediate learners by means of conventional indicators for written L2 (cf. Wolfe-Quintero et al. 1998), while…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Grammar, French, Language Fluency