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Storch, Neomy; Aldosari, Ali – Language Teaching Research, 2013
Although pair work is advocated by major theories of second language (L2) learning and research findings suggest that pair work facilitates L2 learning, what is unclear is how to best pair students in L2 classes of mixed L2 proficiency. This study investigated the nature of pair work in an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) class in a college in…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Foreign Countries, Heterogeneous Grouping, English (Second Language)
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Storch, Neomy; Aldosari, Ali – Language Teaching Research, 2010
One of the concerns foreign language teachers may have about using small group (and pair) work is that students will use their shared first language (L1) instead of the target language. This study investigated the effect of learner proficiency pairing and task type on the amount of L1 used by learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) in pair…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Proficiency, Language Acquisition, Semitic Languages