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Direct linkNick Henry – Language Teaching Research, 2025
This study investigates the effects of Processing Instruction (PI) on the acquisition of grammatical gender and gender-marked pronouns in German. PI was compared to Traditional Instruction, i.e. a traditional, vocabulary-oriented approach using color cues (TI) and a Categorization and Memorization task (CM). The results of an immediate posttest…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, German
Lambert, Craig; Gong, Qian; Zhang, Grace – Language Teaching Research, 2023
This study investigates the effect of personal investment in the form of learner-generated content (LGC) on the lexical recall of beginning-level learners of Chinese. The study employed a 2 x 2 repeated-measures design with content at two levels -- teacher-generated content or TGC, and learner-generated content or LGC -- and time at two levels…
Descriptors: Recall (Psychology), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Chinese
Abrams, Zsuzsanna; Byrd, David R. – Language Teaching Research, 2017
Most studies on task-based language learning focus on the oral performance of advanced level learners of English as a second language (ESL), while little research examines the written performance of beginning language learners in non-ESL contexts. This exploratory study aims to address this gap, by examining the effect of pre-writing tasks on…
Descriptors: German, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Schuetze, Ulf – Language Teaching Research, 2015
This article reports the results of two experiments using the spacing technique (Leitner, 1972; Landauer & Bjork, 1978) in second language vocabulary acquisition. In the past, studies in this area have produced mixed results attempting to differentiate between massed, uniform and expanded intervals of spacing (Balota, Duchek, & Logan,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, German, Second Language Instruction, Introductory Courses
Kartchava, Eva; Ammar, Ahlem – Language Teaching Research, 2014
This quasi-experimental study investigated the noticeability and effectiveness of three corrective feedback (CF) techniques (recasts, prompts and a combination of the two) delivered in the language classroom. The participants were four groups of high-beginner college level francophone learners of English as a second language (ESL) (n = 99) and…
Descriptors: Error Correction, Feedback (Response), Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning
Sampson, Richard – Language Teaching Research, 2012
This article presents an overview of action research conducted in an EFL university context, regarding primarily the relationship between individual possible self-images, socially constructed possible self-images, and language-learning motivation. The study used three cycles of action research over the course of one 15-week university semester,…
Descriptors: Action Research, Learning Motivation, Second Language Learning, College Students
