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Ruiz, Simón; Rebuschat, Patrick; Meurers, Detmar – Language Teaching Research, 2021
The extent to which learners benefit from instruction may be largely dependent on their individual abilities. However, there is relatively little work on the interaction between instructional effectiveness in second language learning and learner individual factors. In this study, we investigated the relationship between instruction, individual…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Boers, Frank; Demecheleer, Murielle; Coxhead, Averil; Webb, Stuart – Language Teaching Research, 2014
Many contemporary textbooks for English as a foreign language (EFL) and books for vocabulary study contain exercises with a focus on collocations, with verb-noun collocations (e.g. "make a mistake") being particularly popular as targets for collocation learning. Common exercise formats used in textbooks and other pedagogic materials…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Adults
Hsu, Hsiu-Chen – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation explored the effect of two planning conditions (the multiple planning condition with rehearsal and online planning time, and the single planning condition with online planning time only) on L2 production complexity and accuracy and the subsequent development of these two linguistic areas in the context of written synchronous…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Computer Mediated Communication, Planning, English (Second Language)