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On the Role of L1 Markedness and L2 Input Robustness in Determining Potentially Fossilizable Language Forms in Iranian EFL Learners' Writing
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Nushi, Musa – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2016
Han's (2009, 2013) selective fossilization hypothesis (SFH) claims that L1 markedness and L2 input robustness determine the fossilizability (and learnability) of an L2 feature. To test the validity of the model, a pseudo-longitudinal study was designed in which the errors in the argumentative essays of 52 Iranian EFL learners were identified and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
The Combined Effects of Online Planning and Task Structure on Complexity, Accuracy and Fluency of L2 Speech
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Javad Ahmadian, Mohammad; Tavakoli, Mansoor; Vahid Dastjerdi, Hossein – Language Learning Journal, 2015
This study investigates the combined effects of task-based careful online planning and the storyline structure of a task on second language performance (complexity, accuracy and fluency). Sixty intermediate EFL learners were randomly assigned to four groups (n = 15). Participants were asked to perform two tasks with different degrees of storyline…
Descriptors: Language Fluency, Second Language Learning, Scores, Task Analysis
Complement Constructions in English: Fairly Difficult for EFL Language Learners
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Fazeli, Fatemeh; Shokrpour, Nasrin – Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2012
Complement constructions vary significantly in English and Persian. There are more complementation structures in English than in Persian and a complement structure in Persian might have more than one equivalent in English. Producing complement structures (CSs) in English is very difficult for native speakers of Persian, especially in an EFL…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Indo European Languages