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Adnane Ez-zizi; Dagmar Divjak; Petar Milin – Language Learning, 2024
Since its first adoption as a computational model for language learning, evidence has accumulated that Rescorla-Wagner error-correction learning (Rescorla & Wagner, 1972) captures several aspects of language processing. Whereas previous studies have provided general support for the Rescorla-Wagner rule by using it to explain the behavior of…
Descriptors: Error Correction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Gender Differences
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Kourtali, Nektaria-Efstathia; Révész, Andrea – Language Learning, 2020
This study investigated the effects of task complexity on child learners' second language (L2) gains, the relationship between aptitude and L2 development, and the extent to which task complexity influences this relationship when recasts are provided. Sixty child EFL learners were assigned to two experimental groups. During the treatment, one…
Descriptors: Language Aptitude, Second Language Learning, Comparative Analysis, Task Analysis
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Arroyo, Diana C.; Yilmaz, Yucel – Language Learning, 2018
This study investigated the role of corrective feedback timing in the acquisition of Spanish noun--adjective gender agreement. Forty-five learners completed a communicative task via synchronous computer-mediated communication (SCMC) in one of three groups (immediate, delayed, control). The immediate-feedback group received error reformulations…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Computer Mediated Communication, Synchronous Communication, Error Correction