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Technology-Mediated TBLT in a Hybrid Environment: Bridging Content and Language Production
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Pardo Ballester, Cristina – Applied Language Learning, 2019
This article examines the use of technology-mediated, task-based language teaching (TBLT) in a hybrid environment as an instructional approach in an intermediate-level Spanish course. It (a) evaluates elements of a hybrid course that was developed with computer-assisted language learning (CALL) materials to help learners improve their Spanish,…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction
Hypothesis Testing in Task-Based Interaction
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Choi, Yujeong; Kilpatrick, Cynthia – Applied Language Learning, 2014
Whereas studies show that comprehensible output facilitates L2 learning, hypothesis testing has received little attention in Second Language Acquisition (SLA). Following Shehadeh (2003), we focus on hypothesis testing episodes (HTEs) in which learners initiate repair of their own speech in interaction. In the context of a one-way information gap…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Hypothesis Testing, Grammar, Morphology (Languages)
Hypothesis Testing in Task-Based Interaction
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Choi, Yujeong; Kilpatrick, Cynthia – Applied Language Learning, 2014
Whereas studies show that comprehensible output facilitates L2 learning, hypothesis testing has received little attention in Second Language Acquisition (SLA). Following Shehadeh (2003), we focus on hypothesis testing episodes (HTEs) in which learners initiate repair of their own speech in interaction. In the context of a one-way information gap…
Descriptors: Hypothesis Testing, Grammar, Syntax, Second Language Learning
The Relationships between Grammatical Sensitivity, Noticing of Recasts and Learning of Korean Object Relative Clauses through Conversational Interaction
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Ahn, Seongmee – Applied Language Learning, 2012
Within the input and interaction research paradigm, how learners' individual differences play a role in using learning opportunities during interaction has become one of the main areas of investigation. Recasts have also received much attention in interaction research. This paper explores the extent to which individual differences in grammatical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Language Aptitude, Grammar, Native Speakers
The Differential Effects of Implicit and Explicit Feedback on Second Language (L2) Learners at Different Proficiency Levels
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Li, Shaofeng – Applied Language Learning, 2009
The present study investigates the differential effects of explicit and implicit feedback on L2 learners at different proficiency levels as measured by L2 development and learner uptake, which is defined as the learner's responses following feedback. Twenty-three learners of Chinese as a foreign language at two different levels of proficiency at a…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Error Correction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
The Effect of Instructional Conditions Upon Students' Vocabulary Retention: Output Activities versus Input Dominant Activities.
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Kitajima, Ruy – Applied Language Learning, 2001
Examines whether there is a strong relationship between second language learners' noticing of benefactive auxiliary verbs and their use in communication. Participants were university students who had acquired Japanese at home without receiving any formal instruction. Data were collected in face-to-face interviews, an interpretation task with 20…
Descriptors: College Students, Error Correction, Higher Education, Interviews