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Sílvia Perpiñán; Anna Cardinaletti – Second Language Research, 2024
This study attempts to explain a systematic phenomenon that has been described in interlanguage grammars crosslinguistically: Null-Prep, which consists of omitting the obligatory preposition in certain movement constructions. We propose that Null-Prep is not related to lack of knowledge of "wh"-movement, as previously assumed, but to…
Descriptors: Interlanguage, Grammar, Phrase Structure, Linguistic Theory
Derakhshan, Ali; Malmir, Ali – TESL-EJ, 2021
While aptitude has been seen to contribute to second language (L2) development, most studies have examined its contribution as a fixed trait, rather than viewing it as a dynamic, changing variable. There appears to have been little or no investigation of the role that aptitude plays in the development of L2 pragmatic ability. Therefore, this study…
Descriptors: Language Aptitude, Pragmatics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Soruç, Adem; Qin, Jingjing; Kim, YouJin – TESL Canada Journal, 2017
This article reports on a study that investigated whether processing instruction(PI) or production-based instruction (PBI) is more effective for the teaching of regular past simple verb forms in English. In addition, this study examined whether explicit grammatical information (EI) mediates the effectiveness of PI or PBI. A total of 194 Turkish…
Descriptors: Grammar, Experimental Groups, Teaching Methods, Control Groups
Bahaziq, Afnan – English Language Teaching, 2016
Discourse is essential in communicating thoughts and ideas. People around the world communicate their ideas through stretches of language. In order to understand any discourse, it must achieve cohesion. The purpose of this paper is to define and describe the cohesive devices based on the work of Halliday and Hasan (1976). It also aims to emphasize…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Academic Discourse, Discourse Analysis, Essays
Perkins, Kyle – 1984
Instructional sensitivity indices are compared from four perspectives: (1) criterion-referenced testing; (2) classical test theory; (3) item response theory; and (4) Bayesian theory. Instructional sensitivity is defined as the tendency of a test item to vary in difficulty as a function of instruction. The instructional sensitivity of the items in…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Comparative Analysis, Criterion Referenced Tests, Difficulty Level
Jones, Nathan Brian; Wang, Shun Hwa – Online Submission, 2004
The issue of whether or not to correct errors in students' writing is controversial. Some scholars argue that error correction is helpful, while others argue that it is ineffective, perhaps even harmful. What is missing from the literature are studies about how error correction might affect the performance of specific types of students. This…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Writing Skills, Program Effectiveness, English (Second Language)