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Brown, Alan V.; Plonsky, Luke; Teimouri, Yasser – Foreign Language Annals, 2018
Much of applied linguistics research has been concerned with classroom-based second language (L2) development as it offers an ideal setting for examining the institutional ecology of L2 learning and teaching. However, scholars have continued to call for greater attention to the operationalization of constructs, selection of valid assessments, and…
Descriptors: Grades (Scholastic), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Tests
Sanz, Cristina; Lin, Hui-Ju; Lado, Beatriz; Bowden, Harriet Wood; Stafford, Catherine A. – Language Learning, 2009
The article summarizes results from two experimental studies on reactivity. In the first experiment, 24 college-age participants received a computerized treatment that delivered a grammar lesson, practice, and feedback on assignment of semantic functions in Latin. Verbalizations did not induce reactivity on accuracy, but they slowed down posttest…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Semantics, Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Instruction
Gains to L2 Listeners from Reading while Listening vs. Listening Only in Comprehending Short Stories
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

McDonough, Sharon K. – Clearing House, 2001
Focuses on foreign language research on learner strategies. Outlines the different types of strategies used by foreign language learners, and discusses ways to assess students' strategy use. (SR)
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Language Research, Metacognition, Second Language Learning

Gaies, Stephen J. – TESOL Quarterly, 1980
Offers a critical review of arguments for and against T-unit analysis in second language research. Maintains that T-unit length is a valid measure of syntactic complexity and a true index of overall development in second language acquisition. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Language Proficiency, Language Research, Measurement Techniques

Ehrman, Madeline; Oxford, Rebecca – Modern Language Journal, 1990
Reviews research on language-learning styles and strategies, and explains regularities in the preferred learning strategies associated with each of the 8 psychological type preferences. Also described are how all of these characteristics of psychological type, in various combinations, were expressed by 20 real learners at the Foreign Service…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cognitive Style, Language Research, Learning Strategies
Koike, Dale April; Hinojosa, Fanny – Texas Papers in Foreign Language Education, 1998
A study examined the varying degrees to which learners of Spanish at the intermediate and advanced levels use paragraph-like structure in their answers during a simulated oral proficiency exam. Subjects were 24 students preparing for the Spanish Texas Oral Proficiency Test. Data from simulated oral proficiency interviews were compared to a model…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Language Proficiency, Language Research, Language Tests

Chambers, Francine – System, 1997
Reviews recent research into the qualitative and quantitative aspects of fluency to more clearly define the word as a performance descriptor for oral assessment of foreign language learners and as an indicator of progress in language learning. The concept of fluency is confused and multilayered when used in the assessment of oral performance. (22…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Communicative Competence (Languages), Language Fluency, Language Research
Harada, Tetsuo – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2006
This study acoustically analyzed the production of single and geminate stops in Japanese by English-speaking children (N = 19) at three different grade levels in a Japanese immersion program. Results show that both their singletons and geminates were significantly longer than those of Japanese monolinguals and the bilinguals' immersion teachers,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Japanese, Immersion Programs, English
Titone, Renzo – Issues in Applied Psycholinguistics, 1985
Discusses the issues entailed in measuring bilingual competency in individuals and measuring the outcomes of bilingual education. Measurement instrument types are reviewed briefly and existing research is cited. The indications on bilingualism are taken from a 1967 seminar in Moncton, New Brunswick; the bilingual education indications, from the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Evaluation Criteria, Interference (Language)
Coll, Ana; And Others – 1991
This study investigates the application of Krashen's Input Hypothesis, studying the relationship between exposure to the target language and language acquisition within the context of the English-as-a-foreign-language secondary classroom in Spain. The project studied the effect of additional reading instruction with emphasis on reading for…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Research, Linguistic Theory

Swain, Merrill – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1978
A discussion of three possible formats of a bilingual education program: early total immersion, early partial immersion and late partial immersion. A French cloze test was used to evaluate the lead group of students in each program. A tentative conclusion is drawn in favor of the early total immersion program. (AMH)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Secondary Education, French, Immersion Programs

Chenoweth, N. Ann; And Others – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1983
Presents findings of a survey of English as a second language students' attitudes toward and preferences for the correction of spoken errors by native speaker friends. The subjects reported positive attitudes toward error correction and claimed to prefer even more correction than their friends did. They saw correcting errors as facilitating--even…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Feedback, Language Attitudes

Lambert, Richard D. – Modern Language Journal, 2001
Identified issues for change in the national foreign language (FL) education agenda: evaluating language competency; articulating instruction across educational levels; increasing the range of languages taught and studied; achieving higher levels of language skills; promoting language competency and use among adults; expanding research and…
Descriptors: Adults, Articulation (Education), Educational Change, Educational Technology

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)