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Direct linkCobb, Tom; Laufer, Batia – Language Learning, 2021
This article introduces the NFL7 (Nuclear Family List 7), a list of the 2,887 most frequent "nuclear" word families, that is, families that include just the most frequent family members and exclude those that constitute less than 7% of family occurrences. The NFL7 was developed by using a dedicated computer program, the Nuclear List…
Descriptors: Word Lists, Morphology (Languages), Word Frequency, Receptive Language
Lee, Andrew H.; Lyster, Roy – Language Learning, 2016
This study investigated the effects of different types of corrective feedback (CF) provided during second language (L2) speech perception training. One hundred Korean learners of L2 English, randomly assigned to five groups (n = 20 per group), participated in eight computer-assisted perception training sessions targeting two minimal pairs of…
Descriptors: Error Correction, Feedback (Response), Computer Assisted Instruction, Vowels
Bergström, Kirstin; Klatte, Maria; Steinbrink, Claudia; Lachmann, Thomas – Language Learning, 2016
This study investigated first (L1) and second (L2) language acquisition in two age-matched groups of 2- to 6-year-old kindergarten children over the course of 2.5 years. The immersion group participated in a partial English immersion program whereas the conventional instruction group received a conventional L2 course (30 minutes per week); the…
Descriptors: German, Second Language Learning, Language Acquisition, Matched Groups
Shintani, Natsuko; Li, Shaofeng; Ellis, Rod – Language Learning, 2013
This article reports a meta-analysis of studies that investigated the relative effectiveness of comprehension-based instruction (CBI) and production-based instruction (PBI). The meta-analysis only included studies that featured a direct comparison of CBI and PBI in order to ensure methodological and statistical robustness. A total of 35 research…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Comprehension, Grammar, Educational Research
Révész, Andrea; Sachs, Rebecca; Hama, Mika – Language Learning, 2014
This investigation examined two techniques that may help learners focus on second language (L2) constructions when recasts are provided during meaning-based communicative activities: altering the cognitive complexity of tasks and manipulating the input frequency distributions of target constructions. We first independently assessed the validity of…
Descriptors: Linguistic Input, Adults, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Webb, Stuart; Newton, Jonathan; Chang, Anna – Language Learning, 2013
This study investigated the effects of repetition on the learning of collocation. Taiwanese university students learning English as a foreign language simultaneously read and listened to one of four versions of a modified graded reader that included different numbers of encounters (1, 5, 10, and 15 encounters) with a set of 18 target collocations.…
Descriptors: Incidental Learning, Phrase Structure, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
