ERIC Number: EJ1334544
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 7
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The Effect of Planning on Accuracy in Verbal Agreement in L2 Oral Performance
Qi, Hongbo
English Language Teaching, v15 n3 p22-28 2022
Accuracy is widely recognized as one of the main dimensions in evaluating task-based oral performance. Indicators of accuracy vary in the literature of the effects of pre-task planning on the oral production. Enlightened by previous studies in pre-task planning and third-person singular "-s," this article intends to find out whether the rate of suppliance of thematic verbal agreement increases as a result of pre-task planning, and whether the rate of suppliance of thematic verbal agreement in third-person singular "-s" increases as a result of pre-task planning. A case study is carried on one subject who makes oral descriptions of a same graph which shows the number of people at London underground station from 6:00 to 22:00 on two separate occasions. The results of this study show that pre-task planning may have significant effect on accuracy of L2 oral output in thematic verbal agreement as a whole, but it may not affect L2 learners in their use of third-person singular "-s."
Descriptors: Oral Language, Grammar, Second Language Learning, Graphs, Transportation, Foreign Countries, Accuracy, Task Analysis, Morphemes, Language Usage, Second Language Instruction, Masters Programs, Graduate Students, Asians, English (Second Language), Teacher Education Programs, Language Teachers, Case Studies
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