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Kevin McManus – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
This study revisits and extends McManus and Marsden (2019a) to better understand "how" and "why" providing additional explicit information (EI) about learners' first language (L1) alongside EI and comprehension practice in the second language (L2) improved the accuracy, speed, and stability of L2 comprehension of the French…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, Transfer of Training, French
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Macaro, Ernesto – Language Learning Journal, 2017
This study of vocabulary comprehension strategies (VCS) is framed by the debate on L2-only instruction in the second or foreign language (L2) classroom where the teacher shares the first language (L1) of the students. Research has shown that some teachers switch to the L1 to explain lexical items while others try to explain them through L2…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Learning Strategies
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Marsden, Emma – Language Learning Journal, 2005
This article presents arguments for using listening and reading activities as an option for techniques in grammar pedagogy. It describes two possible approaches: Processing Instruction (PI) and Enriched Input (EI), and examples of their key features are included in the appendices. The article goes on to report on a classroom based quasi-experiment…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Learning Activities, Verbs, Grammar