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Yamashita, Taichi; Iizuka, Takehiro – Foreign Language Annals, 2017
Discussion of the roles of input and output has been attracting a number of researchers in second language acquisition (e.g., DeKeyser, 2007; Doughty, 1991; Krashen, 1982; Long, 1983; Norris & Ortega, 2000; Swain, 2000), and VanPatten (2004) advocated that both structured input and structured output allow learners to process input properly.…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Japanese, Input Output Analysis, Language Acquisition
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Dracos, Melisa; Henry, Nick – Foreign Language Annals, 2018
The acquisition of verbal morphology presents challenges for many second language (L2) learners, in part because they do not readily process those forms during sentence comprehension. Instead, L2 learners rely on lexical-semantic cues (e.g., temporal adverbs and explicit subjects). This study investigated the role of task-essential training in…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Language Processing, Spanish, Second Language Learning
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Valentín-Rivera, Laura – Foreign Language Annals, 2016
This study draws upon activity theory to better understand the implications of corrective feedback (CF) as an artifact on (1) the coconstruction of knowledge and (2) the action-oriented decisions of 10 mixed pairs comprising a foreign language learner (FLL) and a heritage language learner (HLL) of Spanish. To this end, the dyads were divided into…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Error Correction, Feedback (Response)
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Sippel, Lieselotte; Jackson, Carrie N. – Foreign Language Annals, 2015
This classroom study investigated the effects of oral teacher and peer corrective feedback on the acquisition of the German present perfect tense, including auxiliary verb selection (a rule-based structure) and past participle formation (an item-based structure). Intermediate learners of German were assigned to a teacher feedback condition, a peer…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), German, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Medina, Almitra; Gordon, Leslie – Foreign Language Annals, 2014
A nine-week empirical study of 25 adults in a second language (L2) Spanish phonetics course explored whether students' participation in service-learning language exchange sessions with native Spanish speakers outside of class influenced learners' (1) motivation for foreign language learning and (2) phonemic perception in Spanish. Divided…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Phonetics
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Lindseth, Martina – Foreign Language Annals, 2016
This study examines the effects of form-focused instruction (FFI) on the acquisition of subject-verb inversion word order in declarative sentences in German. A group of U.S. college students who participated in a semester-long study abroad program in Germany and were comparable in terms of preprogram oral proficiency levels and accuracy scores in…
Descriptors: German, Grammar, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Barcroft, Joe – Foreign Language Annals, 2015
Because reading for meaning only can lead to low rates of second language (L2) vocabulary learning and because previous research has demonstrated the benefits of word retrieval opportunities for intentional L2 vocabulary learning (Barcroft, 2007; McNamara & Healy, 1995a, Experiment 2; Royer, 1973), the present study assessed the effect of…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Spanish Speaking
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Wagner, Elvis; Toth, Paul D. – Foreign Language Annals, 2014
Even after years of study, many second language (L2) learners have difficulty comprehending proficient speakers in real-world settings. This difficulty stems partly from the inauthentic nature of the spoken texts learners are exposed to in foreign language (FL) classrooms--scripted, simplified, and overenunciated "textbook texts." This…
Descriptors: Spanish, Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Hubert, Michael D. – Foreign Language Annals, 2013
An important task for foreign language (FL) instructors and researchers is to understand how the development of each language skill affects other aspects of language acquisition. This case study seeks to determine if speaking and writing proficiencies develop at similar rates among FL learners. Seventeen students enrolled in beginning,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Experimental Groups, Language Skills, Second Language Learning
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Russell, Victoria – Foreign Language Annals, 2012
This study investigated the effects of processing instruction (PI) and structured input (SI) on the acquisition of the subjunctive in adjectival clauses by 92 second-semester distance learners of Spanish. Computerized visual input enhancement (VIE) was combined with PI and SI in an attempt to increase the salience of the targeted grammatical form…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Virtual Classrooms, Linguistic Input, Conventional Instruction
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Kitajima, Ryu – Foreign Language Annals, 1997
Examines whether strategy training orienting second language (L2) students' attention toward referential processes improves their comprehension of Japanese narrative. Findings revealed that experimental students comprehended the story at the macro level significantly better than control students, suggesting that the strategy training is beneficial…
Descriptors: College Students, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Japanese