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Chang, Anna C.-S. – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2009
This study builds on the concept that aural-written verification helps L2 learners develop auditory discrimination skills, refine word recognition and gain awareness of form-meaning relationships, by comparing two modes of aural input: reading while listening (R/L) vs. listening only (L/O). Two test tasks (sequencing and gap filling) of 95 items,…
Descriptors: Test Results, Student Evaluation, Literary Genres, Pretests Posttests
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Martin, Anne V. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1981
Summarizes a study of advanced ESL university students from eight first-language backgrounds and discusses the proficiency differences found between several groups in processing two types of information patterns in written English. Suggests possible variables in cognitive strategies and skills related to the students' different cultural/linguistic…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Students, Cultural Influences, English (Second Language)
Zoreda, Margaret Lee, Comp.; Diop, Mamoudou Si, Comp.; Vivaldo Lima, Javier, Comp. – 1997
The articles included in this volume were selected as exemplary papers from the conference in Mexico. The goal of the forum was to provide an opportunity for researchers from the three branches of the Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana (UAM) to meet and discuss research projects currently in progress at the university. The works presented here…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Cognitive Style, College Students, Culture Contact
Blatchford, Charles H., Ed.; Schachter, Jacquelyn, Ed. – 1978
A selection of 29 papers presented at the 1978 TESOL convention is presented. Part one consists of the plenary addresses which concern the following: a survey of the profession, the notional-functional syllabus, the humanization of English as a Second Language, and a review of inconsistencies of national policies and priorities regarding the…
Descriptors: Class Size, Communicative Competence (Languages), Curriculum Development, Educational Policy