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Direct linkSerrano, Raquel – Language Learning, 2011
This article analyzes whether the distribution of the hours of classroom practice has any effect on students' foreign language gains by comparing two types of EFL (English as a foreign language) programs: one in which the hours of instruction are distributed in long sessions over a short period (intensive course) and another in which the students…
Descriptors: African Languages, Vocabulary Development, Speech Skills, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedLiski, Erkki; Puntanen, Simo – Language Learning, 1983
Analysis of error patterns in a test taken by 698 Finnish university students shows errors are made in this declining order of frequency: grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, and use. More talkative students were proportionately more proficient per utterance, and higher proficiency also correlated with sex (female) and high matriculation test…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, College Second Language Programs, English (Second Language), Error Patterns
