ERIC Number: EJ1129050
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
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ISSN: ISSN-0957-1736
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The Influence of Learning Context and Age on the Use of L2 Communication Strategies
Montero, Lidia; Serrano, Raquel; Llanes, Àngels
Language Learning Journal, v45 n1 p117-132 2017
This study examines the effects of foreign language learning context (three-month study-abroad; versus "at-home" instruction) and age (10-11-year-old children versus university students) on the development of effective foreign language communication strategies (CS) in monologue production. Participants (N = 95) were all Spanish/Catalan bilingual learners of English as a foreign language. A pre-test/post-test design was adopted, with participants performing an oral narrative both before and after a "learning" period of three months spent either studying abroad in a target language context or studying the target language at home. The narratives were analysed for use of first-language (L1)-based strategies; further, a measure of CS effectiveness was developed and implemented. Results suggest that the study-abroad experience had a significant positive effect on children, who increased their use of effective CS and reduced the proportion of L1-based CS as compared to at-home children. However, the influence of learning context on adult use of effective CS and reduction in L1-based CS was not so clearly marked.
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Educational Environment, Study Abroad, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Students, College Students, Personal Narratives, Student Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Communication Strategies, Native Language, Learning Strategies, Spanish, Romance Languages, English (Second Language), Bilingualism, Pretests Posttests, Age Differences, Taxonomy, Statistical Analysis, Code Switching (Language), Error Correction, Task Analysis, Cartoons, Foreign Countries, Pictorial Stimuli, Narration
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Spain
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