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Pronunciation in Face-to-Face and Audio-Only Synchronous Computer-Mediated Learner Interactions
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Loewen, Shawn; Isbell, Daniel R. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2017
Studies of learner-learner interactions have reported varying degrees of pronunciation-focused discourse, ranging from 1% (Bowles, Toth, & Adams, 2014) to 40% (Bueno-Alastuey, 2013). Including first language (L1) background, modality, and task as variables, this study investigates the role of pronunciation in learner-learner interactions.…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Computer Mediated Communication, Role, Peer Relationship
Perceived Learning Difficulty and Actual Performance: Explicit and Implicit Knowledge of L2 English Grammar Points among Instructed Adult Learners
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Silva, Luis Humberto Rodríguez; Roehr-Brackin, Karen – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2016
This article draws on an approach that conceptualizes L2 learning difficulty in terms of implicit and explicit knowledge. In a study with first language Mexican Spanish university-level learners (n = 30), their teachers (n = 11), and applied linguistics experts (n = 3), we investigated the relationship between (a) these groups' difficulty…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Difficulty Level, Applied Linguistics, Specialists
Communicative Focus on Form and Second Language Suprasegmental Learning: Teaching Cantonese Learners to Perceive Mandarin Tones
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Saito, Kazuya; Wu, Xianghua – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2014
The current study examined how form-focused instruction (FFI) with and without corrective feedback (CF) as output enhancement facilitated second language (L2) perception of Mandarin tones at both the phonetic and phonological levels by 41 Cantonese learners of Mandarin. Two experimental groups, FFI only and FFI-CF, received a 90-min FFI treatment…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Sino Tibetan Languages, Native Language, Second Language Learning