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Plonsky, Luke; Gass, Susan – Language Learning, 2011
This article constitutes the first empirical assessment of methodological quality in second language acquisition (SLA). We surveyed a corpus of 174 studies (N = 7,951) within the tradition of research on second-language interaction, one of the longest and most influential traditions of inquiry in SLA. Each report was coded for methodological…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Second Language Learning, Statistical Analysis, Surveys
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Polio, Charlene; Gass, Susan; Chapin, Laura – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2006
Implicit negative feedback has been shown to facilitate SLA, and the extent to which such feedback is given is related to a variety of task and interlocutor variables. The background of a native speaker (NS), in terms of amount of experience in interactions with nonnative speakers (NNSs), has been shown to affect the quantity of implicit negative…
Descriptors: Recall (Psychology), Native Speakers, Feedback (Response), Interaction