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Direct linkNick Henry; Matthias Warmuth – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2025
Given that meaningful interaction is, in many respects, the backbone of L2 acquisition, language programs have often promoted language exchanges, which connect L2 learners outside the classroom. The present paper discusses two such programs, the "Sprachmentoren" Program (SMP) and "Tandemprojekt" (TP), which were introduced to…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Cultural Awareness, Native Language
Hüttner, Julia – Classroom Discourse, 2014
While disagreements are often considered dispreferred choices and potentially face-threatening acts due to their oppositional nature, this perception does not adequately reflect the importance of disagreeing for many types of interaction, such as problem-solving and decision-making. Developing ability in performing this speech act therefore…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Second Language Learning, Speech Acts, German
Lys, Franziska – Language Learning & Technology, 2013
In this study, I investigate the use and integration of iPads in an advanced German conversation class. In particular, I am interested in analyzing how students learn with this new technology and how it affects the development of their oral proficiency level. Overall, my results suggest that iPads are well suited to practice listening and speaking…
Descriptors: German, Handheld Devices, Conversational Language Courses, College Students
Peer reviewedLennon, Paul – Applied Linguistics, 1991
Provides various procedural criteria for performing error analysis, and introduces two new dimensions of error, extent and domain, which serve to differentiate errors systematically. (32 references) (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Advanced Students, College Students, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language)
Lennon, Paul – IRAL, 1991
Examination of the oral errors produced by advanced learners of English as a Second Language found that, in spite of many years of classroom instruction and ongoing exposure, errors were still frequent and found to be highly concentrated in specific categories such as lexis and preposition choice. (10 references) (CB)
Descriptors: Advanced Students, College Students, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language)
Vandergriff, Ilona – Language Learning & Technology, 2006
To explore the impact of the communication medium on building common ground, this article presents research comparing learner use of reception strategies in traditional face-to-face (FTF) and in synchronous computer-mediated communication (CMC). Reception strategies, such as reprises, hypothesis testing and forward inferencing provide evidence of…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Oral Language, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis
Lennon, Paul – IRAL, 1990
A longitudinal study of four West German university students during their six-month stay at a university in Great Britain found that their oral English-as-a-Second-Language performance improved under initial exposure to the English-speaking community, with the motor for linguistic performance appearing to be learner experimentation in production.…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, College Students, English (Second Language), German
