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Direct linkMartoccio, Alyssa – Language Teaching Research, 2018
This study examined the effectiveness of explicit instruction and feedback, focusing on degrees of prior knowledge of the personal "a" in intermediate level second language (L2) Spanish. On the pretest, participants (n = 58) completed grammaticality judgment and picture description tasks, which found that learners had different degrees…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Spanish, Teaching Methods
Saito, Yukie; Saito, Kazuya – Language Teaching Research, 2017
The current study examined in depth the effects of suprasegmental-based instruction on the global (comprehensibility) and suprasegmental (word stress, rhythm, and intonation) development of Japanese learners of English as a foreign language (EFL). Students in the experimental group (n = 10) received a total of three hours of instruction over six…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Japanese
Bardovi-Harlig, Kathleen; Mossman, Sabrina; Vellenga, Heidi E. – Language Teaching Research, 2015
This study investigates the effect of instruction on the acquisition of pragmatic routines used in academic discussion, specifically expressions of agreement, disagreement, and clarification. Thirty-seven learners, including an experimental group of 26 students and a control group of 11 students, participated in the study. Five intact classes…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Pragmatics
Mizumoto, Atsushi; Takeuchi, Osamu – Language Teaching Research, 2009
This study examined the effectiveness of explicit instruction of vocabulary learning strategies (VLSs) over a 10-week semester with a group of 146 female EFL learners from two Japanese universities. A vocabulary test and questionnaires on VLSs and motivation were administered at the beginning of the course. The learners were divided into two…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development
Morimoto, Shun; Loewen, Shawn – Language Teaching Research, 2007
This quasi-experimental study investigated the effectiveness of two types of vocabulary instruction--image-schema-based instruction (ISBI) and translation-based instruction (TBI)--on the acquisition of second language (L2) polysemous words. Fifty-eight Japanese high school learners of English were divided into two treatment groups (ISBI and TBI)…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Semantics, Form Classes (Languages), Translation
Takimoto, Masahiro – Language Teaching Research, 2006
The present study evaluates the relative effectiveness of two types of input-based instruction, structured input instruction (a structured input task only) and structured input instruction with feedback (the structured input task + reactive explicit feedback) for teaching English polite requestive forms, involving 45 Japanese learners of English.…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Control Groups, Data Analysis, Linguistic Input
