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Viakinnou-Brinson, Lucie; Herron, Carol; Cole, Steven P.; Haight, Carrie – Foreign Language Annals, 2012
Grammar instruction is at the center of the target language (TL) and code-switching debate. Discussion revolves around whether grammar should be taught in the TL or using the TL and the native language (L1). This study investigated the effects of French-only grammar instruction and French/English grammar instruction on elementary-level students'…
Descriptors: College Students, Scores, French, Code Switching (Language)
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Vogel, Severine; Herron, Carol; Cole, Steven P.; York, Holly – Foreign Language Annals, 2011
This study investigated how to present grammatical structures to intermediate-level French college students. It compared the effects of a guided inductive and a deductive approach on short- and long-term learning of 10 structures. A mixed-methods design was adopted to assess learning of the structures and to investigate preference of approach.…
Descriptors: Grammar, Logical Thinking, French, Second Language Learning
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Haight, Carrie; Herron, Carol; Cole, Steven P. – Foreign Language Annals, 2007
This study investigates the effectiveness of deductive and guided inductive approaches for teaching grammar in college French classrooms. Forty-seven second-semester French students were taught eight grammatical structures: four with a deductive instructional approach and four with a guided inductive instructional approach. A quasi-experimental…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Tests, Teaching Methods, French