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Jiaxin Li; Er-Hu Zhang; Haihui Zhang; Hecui Gou; Hong-Wen Cao – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2024
Three experiments explored how retrieval practice and corrective feedback affect a third language (L3) vocabulary learning. In the first two experiments, Chinese-English bilinguals without prior French language experience studied English (Second Language, L2)--French (L3) word pairs in repeated studying or retrieval practice without (Experiment…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development, Error Correction
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Yuan Lu – Language Teaching Research, 2025
This study explored second language (L2) competence in discontinuous discursive formulaic sequences, namely Chinese correlative connectives (CCCs; e.g. yinwei . . . suy 'because . . . so'), in relation to the determinants of formulaic sequence acquisition by scrutinizing L2 Chinese learners' performance on two controlled tasks. Mixed-effects…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Yiran Wen; Jian Li; Hongkang Xu; Hanwen Hu – Language Learning & Technology, 2023
The problem of cognitive overload is particularly pertinent in multimedia L2 classroom corrective feedback (CF), which involves rich communicative tools to help the class to notice the mismatch between the target input and learners' pronunciation. Based on multimedia design principles, this study developed a new multimodal CF model through…
Descriptors: Error Correction, Videoconferencing, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Juan Yang; Bo Sun; Xiaofang Kuang; Michael S. C. Thomas – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
E-storybooks are the most important auxiliary learning materials for English-as-Foreign-Language (EFL) learners. Few studies reported positive results on pronunciation and speech development from using audio accompanied e-storybooks, although audios are expected to play the role of recasts in providing pronunciation feedback for learners.…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Audio Equipment, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Xu, Wenwen; Kim, Ji-Hyun – English Teaching, 2023
This study explored the role of written languaging (WL) in response to automated written corrective feedback (AWCF) in L2 accuracy improvement in English classrooms at a university in China. A total of 254 freshmen enrolled in intermediate composition classes participated, and they wrote 4 essays and received AWCF. A half of them engaged in WL…
Descriptors: Grammar, Accuracy, Writing Instruction, Writing Evaluation
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Ning, Ruochen – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2022
Social networks have been investigated as an important factor to understand social and language innovations for decades. Most researchers focus on one-language-dominated societies when studying social networks' influence on language practice while studies on bilingual societies remain scarce. In this study, we examine how Chinese graduate students…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Attitudes, Social Networks, Asians
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Niu, Ruiying; You, Xiaoye – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2020
The present study investigated the effect of written languaging (WL) based on indirect written corrective feedback (WCF) on Chinese EFL (English as a foreign language) learners' written accuracy. WL refers to using the written mode to reflect upon and reason about language use. Two groups of students participated in the study over 16 weeks. Both…
Descriptors: Error Correction, Feedback (Response), Written Language, English (Second Language)
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Zhang, Zhe – Language Learning Journal, 2022
The concept of learner engagement has traditionally been examined in the field of education and it has been found to be associated with positive educational outcomes. While several studies in second language acquisition have looked at learner engagement with corrective feedback, there is a dearth of research investigating its relevance to…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Affective Behavior
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Yang, Liuyan – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2018
This study investigated the effects of three fluency-enhancing activities on interpreting learners' performance. Four groups of students took part in the experiment. They were assigned to one of the four task conditions: pre-task planning, task repetition, formulae acquisition, and a control group. A temporal approach was adopted to measure…
Descriptors: Translation, Language Fluency, Language Processing, Learning Activities
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Qiu, Xuyan; Lo, Yuen Yi – Language Teaching Research, 2017
Previous research has considered the effects of content familiarity and task repetition on second language (L2) performance, but few studies have looked at the effect of these factors on learners' engagement in task performance. This study explores the influence of content familiarity and task repetition on English as a foreign language (EFL)…
Descriptors: Familiarity, Course Content, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Chen, Xiaoqing – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Recasts are one type of corrective feedback that reformulates all or part of a learner's erroneous utterance during communicative interaction without changing the meaning. Categorized as implicit and input-providing corrective feedback, recasts have become the focus of debate in the area of interaction research in recent years. The debate…
Descriptors: Asians, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Memory