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ERIC Number: EJ499461
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0965-8416
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Using Collaborative Language Production Tasks to Promote Students' Language Awareness.
Kowal, Maria; Swain, Merrill
Language Awareness, v3 n2 p73-93 1994
Examined the ability of Grade 8 intermediate and advanced learners of French to collaboratively complete a text reconstruction task, focusing on the students' discussion of the form of the message they were constructing. Results indicated that students gained awareness of gaps in their existing knowledge and links between the form, function, and meaning of words. (49 references) (MDM)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, French, Grade 8, Immersion Programs, Language Attitudes, Language Usage, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Semantics, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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