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Role of the Emotions and Classroom Environment in Willingness to Communicate: Applying Doubly Latent Multilevel Analysis in Second Language Acquisition Research
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Khajavy, Gholam Hassan; MacIntyre, Peter D.; Barabadi, Elyas – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2018
The purpose of the present study was to examine the relations between emotions, classroom environment, and willingness to communicate (WTC) using the advanced quantitative methodological procedure of doubly latent multilevel analysis. To this end, 1528 secondary school students from 65 different classrooms in Iran participated in the study.…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Classroom Environment, Interpersonal Communication, Intention
Linguistic Alignment, Learner Characteristics, and the Production of Stranded Prepositions in Relative Clauses: Comparing FTF and SCMC Contexts
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Kim, YouJin; Jung, YeonJoo; Skalicky, Stephen – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2019
The current study examined the occurrence and benefits of linguistic alignment in two modalities, face-to-face (FTF) and synchronous computer-mediated communication (SCMC), focusing on stranded prepositions in relative clauses. It further examined how learner characteristics (i.e., working memory, language proficiency, previous knowledge of the…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Second Language Learning, Computer Mediated Communication, Synchronous Communication
Native Speaker-Nonnative Speaker Interaction among Academic Peers.
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Gaies, Stephen J. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1982
Explores the possibility that the characterization of native speaker-nonnative speaker speech (NS-NNS) is too broadly conceived. Confirms earlier claims about NS-NNS interaction, but also offers evidence that the frequency of use of discourse modifications by NSs in conversation with NNSs is variable. (EKN)
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Language Research, Language Styles, Language Usage
Recasts and Second Language Development: Beyond Negative Evidence
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Leeman, Jennifer – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2003
Recasts have figured prominently in recent SLA research, with studies documenting significant advantages for learners exposed to this type of negative feedback. Although some researchers have suggested that such findings imply a beneficial role for negative evidence (i.e., information regarding the impossibility of certain utterances in the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Error Correction, Language Research, Spanish
Learning the Rules of Academic Talk: A Longitudinal Study of Pragmatic Change.
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Bardovi-Harlig, Kathleen; Hartford, Beverly S. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1993
Advanced adult nonnative speakers of English were taped in advising sessions to analyze two speech acts, suggestions, and rejections according to their frequency, form, and success. They were compared with native speakers. Results are explained by the availability of positive and negative feedback. (30 references) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Feedback, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Communication