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Galante, Angelica; Thomson, Ron I. – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2017
Although the development of second language (L2) oral fluency has been widely investigated over the past several decades, there remains a paucity of research examining language instruction specifically aimed at improving this cognitive skill. In this study, the researchers investigate how instructional techniques adapted from drama can positively…
Descriptors: Drama, Oral Language, Language Fluency, Teaching Methods
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Lan, Yu-Ju; Lin, Yen-Ting – Educational Technology & Society, 2016
The current study aimed at investigating how mobile seamless technology can be used to enhance the pragmatic competence of learners of Chinese as a second language (CSL). 34 overseas CSL learners participated in this study. They were randomly assigned into two groups: the classroom group, executing language tasks in fake contexts in a traditional…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Jin, Tan; Mak, Barley – Language Testing, 2013
For Chinese as a second language (L2 Chinese), there has been little research into "distinguishing features" (Fulcher, 1996; Iwashita et al., 2008) used in scoring L2 Chinese speaking performance. The study reported here investigates the relationship between the distinguishing features of L2 Chinese spoken performances and the scores…
Descriptors: Second Languages, Second Language Learning, Chinese, Holistic Evaluation