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Direct linkJonathan Serfaty; Raquel Serrano – Language Learning, 2024
This study investigated how much practice is necessary for learners to attain durable second language (L2) grammar knowledge. Using digital flashcards, 119 participants practiced translating 12 sentences into an artificial language, followed by feedback, until they had typed all sentences correctly. Participants repeated this activity in one, two,…
Descriptors: Grammar, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Translation
Mifka-Profozic, Nadia; Behney, Jennifer; Gass, Susan M.; Macis, Marijana; Chiuchiù, Gaia; Bovolenta, Giulia – Language Learning, 2023
We conducted a multisite replication of Yang and Lyster's (2010) study investigating the effects of recasts and prompts on learning English regular and irregular past tense. Our study was conducted with intact high school and vocational school classes in Italy and Bosnia. Our participants were young adolescents (14-15 and 16-17 years old), a…
Descriptors: Grammar, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Shimanskaya, Elena – Language Learning, 2018
This study examined the acquisition of a linguistic property that is underrepresented in the input available to second language (L2) learners, namely, interpretation of French strong pronouns as [-animate]. To understand how pronouns are used and interpreted and how this topic is treated in pedagogical grammars, three types of analyses were…
Descriptors: French, Role, Second Language Learning, Linguistic Input
Lee, Chee Ha; Kalyuga, Slava – Language Learning, 2011
This article reports the results of an experiment designed to investigate the effectiveness of pinyin (a phonic transcription system) in learning vocabulary of Chinese as a second language from the perspective of cognitive load theory. In the reported experiment, the learning effects of the vertical and horizontal layouts of characters, pinyin,…
Descriptors: Romanization, Chinese, Second Language Learning, Phonics
Boulton, Alex – Language Learning, 2010
Despite considerable research interest, data-driven learning (DDL) has not become part of mainstream teaching practice. It may be that technical aspects are too daunting for teachers and students, but there seems to be no reason why DDL in its early stages should not eliminate the computer from the equation by using prepared materials on…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods
"I Prefer Not Text": Developing Japanese Learners' Communicative Competence with Authentic Materials
Gilmore, Alex – Language Learning, 2011
This quasi-experimental study reports on a 10-month classroom-based longitudinal investigation, exploring the potential of authentic materials to develop Japanese learners' communicative competence in English. Sixty-two second-year university students were assigned to either a control group receiving textbook input or an experimental group…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Textbooks, Listening Comprehension Tests
Peer reviewedCarrell, Patricia L. – Language Learning, 1983
The separate and interactive effects of three kinds of background knowledge (content area, context of materials presentation, and lexical items in the text) on reading comprehension were studied. Unlike native readers, nonnatives neither show significant effects of background knowledge nor appear to have a good sense of the text's difficulty. (MSE)
Descriptors: Context Clues, Difficulty Level, English (Second Language), Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedHauptman, Philip C. – Language Learning, 1971
Revised version of a paper presented at the TESOL Convention, March 1971, New Orleans, La. (VM)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Educational Experiments, Instructional Materials, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedDeKeyser, Robert M.; Sokalski, Karl J. – Language Learning, 1996
Presents a replication of experiments which found that input practice is better than output practice for comprehension skills, and no worse than output practice for production skills in a second language (Spanish). Findings reveal that these patterns are obscured when the testing time and the morphosyntactic nature of the structure in question…
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, College Students, Instructional Materials, Introductory Courses
