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Gaillard, Stéphanie; Tremblay, Annie – Language Learning, 2016
This study investigated the elicited imitation task (EIT) as a tool for measuring linguistic proficiency in a second/foreign (L2) language, focusing on French. Nonnative French speakers (n = 94) and native French speakers (n = 6) completed an EIT that included 50 sentences varying in length and complexity. Three raters evaluated productions on…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Cloze Procedure, Questionnaires, Language Tests
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Wong, Man Ho Ivy; Zhao, Helen; MacWhinney, Brian – Language Learning, 2018
This study investigated the effects of teaching English prepositions using schematic diagrams inspired by cognitive linguistics in a computer-based tutorial system called the English Preposition Tutor. Training was designed based on the theoretical framework of the Competition Model and a cognitive linguistic analysis of prepositions. Sixty-four…
Descriptors: Psycholinguistics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods