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Mahmoud Abdi Tabari; Bronson Hui – Modern Language Journal, 2024
The interactions among cognitive, affective, and linguistic factors have received scant attention in task-based writing research. To address this gap, this study aims to examine the relationships among task complexity, task motivation, task engagement, and syntactic complexity in second language (L2) writing. One hundred L2 learners enrolled in an…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Writing Instruction, English Language Learners, English (Second Language)
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Zhang, Yanhong – Modern Language Journal, 2023
Dynamic assessment (DA) integrates assessment and instruction into an organic unity aimed at promoting learner development through mediation sensitive to the individual's (or in some cases, a group's) current abilities. This article reports on the construction of a model of mediation framed within DA for English-as-a-foreign-language listening…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Grade 8, Urban Schools
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Garner, James; Crossley, Scott – Modern Language Journal, 2018
Current quantitative methods in second language (L2) acquisition have proven useful in examining how phraseological unit production changes over time. However, these methods are limited in that they do not allow for the analysis of individual differences in those changes. This study demonstrates the potential for Latent Curve Modeling, a type of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Phrase Structure, Language Proficiency, Writing Skills
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Kissling, Elizabeth M. – Modern Language Journal, 2018
Listening is widely regarded as an important skill that is difficult and necessary to teach in L2 classrooms. Listening requires both top-down and bottom-up processing, yet pedagogical techniques for the latter are often lacking. This study explores the efficacy of pronunciation instruction (PI) for improving learners' bottom-up processing. The…
Descriptors: Pronunciation Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Processing
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Chapelle, Carol A. – Modern Language Journal, 2009
The point of departure for this article is the contrast between the theoretical landscape within view of language teaching professionals in 1991 and that of today. I argue that the pragmatic goal of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) developers and researchers to create and evaluate learning opportunities pushes them to consider a variety…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Educational Technology, Social Environment
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Rodgers, Daryl M. – Modern Language Journal, 2006
Swain (1985) pointed out the need for increased modified output in the classroom in order to encourage learners to engage in more syntactic processing and, thus, make more form-meaning connections. Research in content-based instruction (CBI) ( Musumeci, 1996; Pica, 2002) has revealed few occasions of pushed modified output from learners.…
Descriptors: Italian, Second Language Learning, Second Languages, Second Language Instruction
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Pichette, Francois; Segalowitz, Norman; Connors, Kathleen – Modern Language Journal, 2003
Results from a longitudinal study with 52 Bosnians learning French supported the hypothesis that effective interlingual transfer of reading skills requires attainment of a particular threshold of second language knowledge. Results suggest failure to maintain first language (L1) reading does not prevent transfer of reading skills but maintaining L1…
Descriptors: French, Longitudinal Studies, Reading Skills, Second Language Instruction
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Thompson, Irene – Modern Language Journal, 1996
Assesses the speaking, reading, listening, and writing proficiency of students of Russian after one, two, three, four, and five years of study using tests based on the proficiency scale of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Results indicate that the correlations among the four skills were not strong, suggesting that they…
Descriptors: College Students, Correlation, Language Proficiency, Language Skills