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ERIC Number: EJ421518
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0272-2631
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Focus-on-Form and Corrective Feedback in Communicative Language Teaching: Effects on Second Language Learning.
Lightbown, Patsy M.; Spada, Nina
Studies in Second Language Acquisition, v12 n4 p429-48 Dec 1990
Investigation of the developing oral English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) skills of native French speaking elementary students in a five-month intensive ESL course found that teachers' use of form-focused instruction and corrective feedback influenced students' correct use of "-ing" structures and adjective-noun order. (47 references) (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Feedback, French, Instructional Effectiveness, Intensive Language Courses, Measures (Individuals), Oral Language, Phrase Structure, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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