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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Elicited imitation"”.
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The processing of formulaic language on elicited imitation tasks by second language speakers
… language on L2 fluency, this study utilized elicited imitation (EI) tasks designed to measure general English language proficiency in order to compare repetition of individual sentences containing formulaic sequences (FS) to repetition of sentences that do not. In addition to the presence of …
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The Elicited Imitation Task as a method for French proficiency assessment in institutional and research settings
… research investigates the validity of an Elicited Imitation Task (EIT) for evaluating French proficiency assessment in both research and classroom settings. The goal is to supplement the French tests used for placement at the University of Illinois. The motivation for the current research …
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Validating an elicited imitation task as an equitable assessment for heritage and second language learners of Spanish
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2025-05-01
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Children's Responses to Grammatically Complete and Incomplete Prompts to Imitate
… of combining words are more likely to respond to elicited imitation prompts that are telegraphic than to elicited imitation prompts that are grammatically complete. Method: Five children between the ages of 30-51 months with expressive language delay participated in a single-case alternating …
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The EIIOS Task: Executive Function and Word Learning at 18-months
… 18- month-olds were brought into the lab. The elicited imitation with inappropriate object substitution (EIIOS) task was used as a developmentally sensitive measure of EF. Language acquisition was assessed using a real-time word learning task as well as a parent report measure of vocabulary …
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Non-standard Italian Dialect Heritage Speakers' Acquisition of Clitic Placement in Standard Italian
… two experimental tasks. The first was an Oral Elicited Imitation task that focused HSs' usage of clitics, whereas the second was a Grammaticality Judgment task that examined HSs' explicit knowledge of this property. The overall findings of this pilot study suggest that HSs parallel their …
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Social and learner-specific factors in the acquisition of nativelike phonetic contrasts by study abroad students in Paris, France
… These instruments included a cloze test and an elicited imitation test for proficiency, a battery of motivational and attitudinal questionnaires, questionnaires about participants’ language backgrounds and contact with the target language, semi-structured individual and focus group interviews, …
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The role of cognitive individual differences and learning difficulty in instructed adults' explicit and implicit knowledge of selected L2 grammar points: A study with Mexican learners of English
… of proficiency (Level 5, Level 7, Level 9). An elicited imitation test and an oral narrative test were used to measure implicit knowledge, and a metalinguistic knowledge test was used to measure explicit knowledge. With respect to language learning aptitude and working memory, the former was …
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Investigating oral performance on controlled versus spontaneous speaking tasks: Implications for second language pedagogy and assessment
… focuses on speaking proficiency by examining elicited imitation (EI) and the Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI), with each representing controlled and spontaneous speaking tasks, respectively. Employing a mixed-methods design, this study compared speaking performances of 75 L2 learners and 20 …
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Definite and Indefinite Articles in Learner English: Identifying the Learning Problem and Addressing It with Processing Instruction Intervention
… timed grammaticality judgment task (GJT) and an elicited imitation (EI) task. Mixed-effects regression modelling revealed a significant improvement in article accuracy on the timed GJT for the Experimental group but not for the Control group for both [-art] and [+art] L1s, which was maintained by …
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The impact of L1 literacy on L1 morphosyntactic development and the production of verbal passives in school-age Spanish heritage speakers and L1 Spanish adults
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2026-12-01
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Implementing a cognitive diagnostic assessment in an institutional test: a new networking model in language testing and experiment with a new psychometric model and task type
… cognitive diagnostic model) and task type (elicited imitation task) as well as constructing the EIT test with a CDA implementation in mind from the outset (thus not retrofitting), this project tried to implement a cognitive diagnostic assessment in an institutional placement test. In doing …
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The effect of full-immersion schooling on nativelikeness and dominance in Palestinian Arabic-American English bilinguals
… and dominance in terms of proficiency. An Elicited Imitation Task (EIT) in each language was administered to measure dominance in terms of proficiency, and a Truth Value Judgment Task (TVJT) and a Grammaticality Judgment Task (GJT) in each language were administered to measure …