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Sepehrinia, Sajjad; Nemati, Majid; Khomijani Farahani, Ali Akbar – Language Learning Journal, 2019
Among focus-on-form studies, oral corrective feedback (CF) has probably received the greatest attention. The majority of studies in this area appear to support a positive role for oral CF in improving interlanguage development. However, theorists adopting a nativist view of second language acquisition continue to question its effectiveness. The…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Interlanguage, Syntax, Error Correction
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Franken, Margaret – Language Learning Journal, 2014
The use of online language corpora in L2 teaching and learning is gaining momentum largely because corpora are an easily accessed source of language input that potentially provide rich and authentic lexico-grammatical data. This can be of particular use for students' writing as its incorporation can enhance the appearance of native-like fluency.…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Computational Linguistics, Computer Software, Second Language Instruction
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Risk, Vanessa – Language Learning Journal, 1994
Discusses the experiences of a Malaysian student studying Spanish as a Second Language in an all-female Irish secondary school, focusing on common difficulties encountered by Asian students of Romance languages. It is argued that the teaching of Romance languages often unfairly presupposes a knowledge of Latin or French on the part of learners.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Grammar, Malay