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Gray, James W.; Smithers, Ryan W. – Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics / Revue canadienne de linguistique appliquée, 2019
Task-based language teaching (TBLT) is well known for providing authentic opportunities for second and foreign language (L2) skill development. However, for many learners the use of traditional grammar within TBLT lacks the functional support necessary to create accurate and fluent L2 output. The current study replaced traditional grammar…
Descriptors: Semantics, Task Analysis, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Suzuki, Yuichi; Yokosawa, Satoko; Aline, David – Language Teaching Research, 2022
Prior research showed that interleaved practice (studying multiple skills at once) is more effective than blocked practice (studying only one skill at a time). This study aims to replicate the benefits of interleaved practice on the proceduralization of second language (L2) syntax and further examines the role of working memory (WM) in different…
Descriptors: Role, Short Term Memory, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Bardovi-Harlig, Kathleen – Language Learning, 2013
This article positions research on the acquisition of pragmatics as an inquiry in the greater field of second language acquisition research. Viewing pragmatics from this intersection, I consider five areas of research that are of interest in both fields and have the potential to make significant contributions to second language pragmatics…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Second Language Learning, Language Research, Grammar
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Shantha, S.; Mekala, S. – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
The mastery of speaking skills in English has become a major requisite in engineering industry. Engineers are expected to possess speaking skills for executing their routine activities and career prospects. The article focuses on the experimental study conducted to improve English spoken proficiency of Indian engineering students using task-based…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Task Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Comparative Analysis
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Wu, Shu-hua; Alrabah, Sulaiman – English Language Teaching, 2014
The purpose of this classroom-based study was to discover the kinds of skill integration tasks that were employed by English teachers in Kuwait and to measure their attitudes toward implementing the skill integration technique in their classrooms. Data collection involved recording 25 hours of classroom-based observations, conducting interviews…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Communicative Competence (Languages), Interviews
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Pineda, Jorge E. – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2010
This is a small scale, inductive, ethnographic study whose objective is to explore the language learning strategies used by the students of different languages at a language program at the university level. Students of English, French, Portuguese, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Italian, and German participate in the study. Three instruments are used…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Second Language Learning, French, Portuguese