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ERIC Number: EJ323911
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Wait-Time and the Use of Target or Native Languages.
Shrum, Judith L.
Foreign Language Annals, v18 n4 p305-13 Sep 1985
Describes a study of wait-time (the pause for thinking after questions and answers) for first-year high-school Spanish and French students in both their native and target languages. The average duration of wait-time was 1.91 seconds after questions and .73 seconds after responses. Wait-time was longer after questions in the native language. (SED)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Encoding (Psychology), French, High Schools, Language Processing, Listening Comprehension, Questioning Techniques, Reaction Time, Second Language Learning, Spanish, Student Reaction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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