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Kashiwagi, Kazuko; Ito, Yukiko – English Language Teaching, 2017
Even young EFL learners who have not yet learned L2 grammar will notice language patterns if, when retrieving exemplars ("item-based patterns"), they succeed in making form-meaning connections (FMCs). Item-based patterns, termed formulaic sequences (FS), serve as a basis for creative constructions. Although learners are implicitly…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Junior High School Students, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)