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Pichette, Francois; de Serres, Linda; Lafontaine, Marc – Applied Linguistics, 2012
This study compares the relative effectiveness of reading and writing sentences for the incidental acquisition of new vocabulary in a second language. It also examines if recall varies according to the concreteness of target words. Participants were 203 French-speaking intermediate and advanced English as second language (ESL) learners, tested for…
Descriptors: Sentences, Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development, Comparative Analysis
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Basturkmen, Helen; Loewen, Shawn; Ellis, Rod – Applied Linguistics, 2004
This article reports a case study investigating the relationship between three teachers' stated beliefs about and practices of focus on form in intermediate level ESL communicative lessons. Focus on form was defined and studied in terms of incidental time-outs taken by students and teachers to deal with issues of linguistic form during…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Case Studies, English (Second Language), Teaching Methods