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Download full textBardovi-Harlig, Kathleen; Su, Yunwen – TESL-EJ, 2021
This exploratory study examines the role of foreign and second language contexts in the acquisition of conventional expressions. A group of 21 ESL learners was compared to 25 EFL learners randomly selected from a larger pool. Both groups completed an aural multiple-choice discourse completion task (MC-DCT), which was developed from a previously…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedBardovi-Harlig, Kathleen – TESOL Quarterly, 1997
Discusses potential problems and advantages of assessing grammatical competence from production data from interactional contexts. Argues that regardless of difficulties in assessing grammatical competence in interactional contexts, the types of interactions change with time, as the interlanguage grammar develops. (9 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Communicative Competence (Languages), Context Effect
