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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
Cosmopolitan Speakers and Their Cultural Cartographies
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Ros i Solé, Cristina – Language Learning Journal, 2013
Language learners' increased mobility and the ubiquity of virtual intercultural encounters has challenged traditional ideas of "cultures". Moreover, representations of cultures as consumable life-choices has meant that learners are no longer locked into standard and static cultural identities. Language learners are better defined as…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Self Concept, Intercultural Communication, Computer Simulation
The Effect of "Massed" Task Repetitions on Complexity, Accuracy and Fluency: Does It Transfer to a New Task?
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Ahmadian, Mohammad Javad – Language Learning Journal, 2011
To date, research results suggest that task repetition positively affects oral task performance. However, researchers have not yet shown the extension of the benefits of repeating the same task to performance of a new task. This article first provides an overview of the currently available research findings on task repetition and then presents the…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Program Effectiveness, Task Analysis