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Pfenninger, Simone E. – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2014
This study was designed to investigate the effects of age of onset and type of instruction on ultimate EFL attainment at the end of the period of normal schooling in Switzerland, measured in terms of written fluency, complexity, morphosyntactic accuracy, vocabulary size, and listening skills. Data were gathered from four groups of 18-year-old…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Predictor Variables, Secondary School Students, English (Second Language)
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Bielak, Jakub; Pawlak, Mirosuaw – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2011
Form-focused instruction is usually based on traditional practical/pedagogical grammar descriptions of grammatical features. The comparison of such traditional accounts with cognitive grammar (CG) descriptions seems to favor CG as a basis of pedagogical rules. This is due to the insistence of CG on the meaningfulness of grammar and its detailed…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Grammar, Morphemes
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Abdolrezapour, Parisa; Tavakoli, Mansoor; Ketabi, Saeed – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2013
The aim of this study was to gain more in-depth understanding of students' emotions in an EFL context by applying dynamic assessment (DA) procedures to the development of learners' emotional intelligence. The study with 50 intermediate learners aged 12-15 used three modalities: a control group, which was taught under institute's normal procedures;…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Guidelines, Emotional Intelligence, Student Evaluation