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Direct linkLam, Yvonne – Language Awareness, 2009
L2 prepositions are traditionally taught in a non-explanatory manner by having students learn each use individually. This study examines the effectiveness of an alternative explanatory approach based on cognitive linguistics, which considers the multiple uses of a preposition as related. Consequently, learners can be shown a general schema that…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Writing (Composition), Form Classes (Languages), Linguistics
White, Joanna; Munoz, Carmen; Collins, Laura – Language Awareness, 2007
This paper reports on two studies that investigated the effectiveness of a contrastive analysis type of pedagogical intervention, which aimed to promote interlanguage development in the use and understanding of English possessive determiners (PDs) among adolescent second language (L2) learners. The first research question asked whether explicit…
Descriptors: Intervention, Form Classes (Languages), Interlanguage, English (Second Language)
