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Llanes, Angels; Munoz, Carmen – Language Learning, 2013
This study examines the effects of learning context and age on second language development by comparing the language gains, measured in terms of oral and written fluency, lexical and syntactic complexity, and accuracy, experienced by four groups of learners of English: children in a study abroad setting, children in their at-home school, adults in…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Fluency, Language Acquisition, Achievement Gains
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Schauer, Gila A. – Language Learning, 2006
The study reported on in this article set out to replicate and extend Bardovi-Harlig and Dornyei's (1998) investigation of pragmatic awareness by addressing two research questions: (a) Do learners in English as a foreign language (EFL) and English as a second language (ESL) contexts display differences in their recognition and rating of pragmatic…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, English (Second Language), Grammar, Error Analysis (Language)