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Direct linkAppel, Randy; Wood, David – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2016
The correct use of frequently occurring word combinations represents an important part of language proficiency in spoken and written discourse. This study investigates the use of English-language recurrent word combinations in low-level and high-level L2 English academic essays sourced from the Canadian Academic English Language (CAEL) assessment.…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Tests
Landau, Joshua D.; Lehr, Donald P. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2004
Undergraduates studied nonword exemplars and then created their own novel nonwords. In Experiment 1, people studied legal or illegal nonwords. In Experiment 2, people studied illegal nonwords, but to increase awareness of the features, half of the participants assessed the features of the nonwords. Despite instructions to avoid copying any aspect…
Descriptors: Imagination, Creative Thinking, Experiments, Experimental Groups
