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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Form-focused instruction"”.
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THE EFFECTS OF EXPLICIT FORM-FOCUSED INSTRUCTION ON L2 ORAL PROFICIENCY DEVELOPMENT
… was an examination of the effects of explicit form-focused instruction on the English development of Japanese university students during a seven-week intervention. Speaking proficiency development is a continuous challenge for most EFL learners who have limited exposure to the target language …
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Form-focused instruction: A case study of Vietnamese teachers’ beliefs and practices
… and the correspondence between their beliefs and instructional strategies have been internationally published – Woods (1996) being an important exception. Moreover, not a single in-depth study has ever been conducted in the context of Vietnamese state secondary schools, where teachers are …
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The effects of integrated versus isolated form-focused instruction on the written performance of English-as-an-Additional-Language secondary school students
… models that largely neglect the role of instruction in form. Nowadays, many methodologies attempt to merge these two extremes into more inclusive approaches that combine instruction in form and communicative foci. This study concentrates on two recently defined approaches of form-focused …
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Implicit and explicit instruction: what type of knowledge is promoted? : An empirical study investigating the effects of processing instruction, metalinguistic rule instruction and textual enhancement
… learners need a pedagogical intervention such as form-focused instruction in order to gain proficiency in the L2. Form-focused instruction varies in its levels of explicitness as it comprises implicit types of training such as input enhancement and more explicit interventions like processing …
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Learning language through collaboration
This study explored the effects of meaning-focused and form-focused instruction on aspects of foreign-language learner’s spoken English, argument production, and attitude towards English use. Four freshman English classes (N=136) from a university in Taiwan participated in this quasi-experimental …
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Contributions of type of instruction, individual differences in cognitive ability and age to the development of explicit and implicit knowledge of L2 English articles: A study with Russian learners of English
This thesis examines the role of type of instruction, individual differences in aptitude and working memory (WM), and age in the development of explicit and implicit knowledge of second language (L2) articles. One hundred and fifteen Russian learners were randomly assigned to one of three …
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The role of metalinguistic terminology in second language teaching and learning
… with metalinguistic terms? What effect does the instruction of metalinguistic terminology have on students’ comprehension of second language grammar? This project focuses on these yet unanswered questions. The study consists of three distinct investigations. First, I conduct a content analysis of …
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A comparative study of the effects of processing instruction and output-based instruction on the acquisition of Italian future tense
… investigate the possible effects of two types of form-focused instruction (henceforth FFI) on the acquisition of a specific feature of the Italian verbal morphology system: namely the future tense, which has hitherto never been researched within this framework. Processing instruction was compared …
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Effects of Prosody-Based Instruction and Self-Assessment in L2 Speech Development
… of this study was to investigate the effects of form-focused instruction (FFI) on prosody with or without self-assessment on the prosodic and global aspects of L2 speech by Japanese EFL learners using a pre-post design. In addition, native English speaking (NS) and non-native English speaking …
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The impact of self-reflection and integrated pronunciation instruction on the intelligibility of Generation Z learners of French: A mixed methods study
… their students’ pronunciation individually and formatively. Yet, aiming for our students to achieve successful communication through intelligible speech is a realistic and attainable goal that can be addressed by research-based, innovative teaching methods. However, our current method of …