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Comparing Second Language Student Participation under Three Teaching Modes

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Magee, Vicky Y. G.; Jacobs, George M. – Online Submission, 2001

This study examined the talk of 20 university level learners of Mandarin as a Second Language in three instructional modes: teacher-led (TL), unstructured group work (UGW), and structured group work using a cooperative learning technique (SGW), in this case, Jigsaw. Statistical analyses showed that more learner talk (in terms of turns and c-units)…

Descriptors: College Students, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Mandarin Chinese