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Direct linkGoldschneider, Jennifer M.; DeKeyser, Robert M. – Language Learning, 2005
This meta-analysis pools data from 25 years of research on the order of acquisition of English grammatical morphemes by students of English as a second language (ESL). Some researchers have posited a "natural" order of acquisition common to all ESL learners, but no single cause has been shown for this phenomenon. Our study investigated…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Semantics, Grammar
Peer reviewedDeKeyser, Robert M.; Sokalski, Karl J. – Language Learning, 2001
Examined the differential role of comprehension and production practice in second language learning. Discusses the results of a study of 82 first-year students of Spanish as a second language that indicated that relative effectiveness of production versus comprehension practice depended on the morphosyntactic complexity of the structure in…
Descriptors: Class Activities, College Students, Grammar, Higher Education
