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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Preferences for Interactional Feedback: Differences between Learners and Teachers
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Kaivanpanah, Shiva; Alavi, Sayyed Mohammad; Sepehrinia, Sajjad – Language Learning Journal, 2015
The present study examines Iranian language learners' views on different types of oral corrective feedback and explores the relationship with learners' language proficiency. It then compares the learners' views with those of their teachers. The study is based on a 36-item questionnaire completed by 154 English as a foreign language…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Feedback (Response), Second Language Learning
Formulaic Language and Collocations in German Essays: From Corpus-Driven Data to Corpus-Based Materials
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Krummes, Cedric; Ensslin, Astrid – Language Learning Journal, 2015
Whereas there exists a plethora of research on collocations and formulaic language in English, this article contributes towards a somewhat less developed area: the understanding and teaching of formulaic language in German as a foreign language. It analyses formulaic sequences and collocations in German writing (corpus-driven) and provides modern…
Descriptors: German, Essays, Computational Linguistics, Phrase Structure
Strategy Training in a Task-Based Language Classroom
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Lai, Chun; Lin, Xiaolin – Language Learning Journal, 2015
Recent literature that examines the implementation of task-based language teaching (TBLT) in classroom settings has reported various challenges related to educational cultures, classroom management, teacher cognition and learner perceptions. To facilitate the smooth transition of TBLT from laboratory settings to classroom contexts, measures need…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Strategies, Task Analysis
The Combined Effects of Online Planning and Task Structure on Complexity, Accuracy and Fluency of L2 Speech
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Javad Ahmadian, Mohammad; Tavakoli, Mansoor; Vahid Dastjerdi, Hossein – Language Learning Journal, 2015
This study investigates the combined effects of task-based careful online planning and the storyline structure of a task on second language performance (complexity, accuracy and fluency). Sixty intermediate EFL learners were randomly assigned to four groups (n = 15). Participants were asked to perform two tasks with different degrees of storyline…
Descriptors: Language Fluency, Second Language Learning, Scores, Task Analysis
Role of Focus-on-Form Instruction, Corrective Feedback and Uptake in Second Language Classrooms: Some Insights from Recent Second Language Acquisition Research
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Afitska, Oksana – Language Learning Journal, 2015
A considerable number of studies on focus-on-form instruction, corrective feedback and uptake have been carried out in the field of second language acquisition (SLA) research over the last two decades. These studies have investigated the above-mentioned concepts from different perspectives, in a number of different contexts and in a number of…
Descriptors: Role, Grammar, Second Language Learning, Error Correction
Vocabulary Growth of the Advanced EFL Learner
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Ozturk, Meral – Language Learning Journal, 2015
This article reports the results of two studies on the vocabulary growth of advanced learners of English as a foreign language in an English-medium degree programme. Growth in learners' written receptive and productive vocabularies was investigated in one cross-sectional and one longitudinal study over three years. The effect of word…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Longitudinal Studies, English (Second Language), Receptive Language
Taking Communication to Task--Again: What Difference Does a Decade Make?
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East, Martin – Language Learning Journal, 2015
A decade ago, Klapper (2003: "Taking communication to task? A critical review of recent trends in language teaching", "The Language Learning Journal" 27: 33-42) created the opportunity to reflect on the assets and limitations of task-based language teaching (TBLT) in comparison with more established communicative language…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Educational Trends, Task Analysis