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Poehner, Matthew E.; Leontjev, Dmitri – Language Teaching Research, 2020
The present article argues for a conceptual distinction between corrective feedback and mediation that emphasizes the status of the latter not as an instructional practice but as a defining feature of human psychology (Vygotsky, 1987) that has direct implications for how instruction might be approached. Specifically, Sociocultural Theory (SCT)…
Descriptors: Error Correction, Feedback (Response), Teaching Methods, Sociocultural Patterns
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Evans, Michael; Fisher, Linda – Language Teaching Research, 2005
This article examines evidence provided by quantitative and qualitative measurement of second language (L2) proficiency by elementary-level learners of French, following participation in a school foreign exchange visit. Based on a study consisting of a controlled analysis of test results from 68 pupils studying French at three secondary schools in…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, Test Results, Morphemes, Writing Tests