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Simard, Daphnee – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2009
This study investigated the effects of textual enhancement formats (number and choice of typographical cues) on the intake of plural markers in English as a second language among grade eight native French-speaking students. An experimental reading task integrating different formats of textual enhancement into a text was created. A split-plot…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Cues, Teaching Methods
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Lyster, Roy – Applied Linguistics, 1994
A set of functional-analytic materials, entailing the study and practice of sociostylistic variation, was implemented in three eighth-grade French immersion (FI) classrooms by their respective teachers during French language arts classes over a five-week period. Pre- and posttests indicate that functional-analytic teaching improved FI students'…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Classroom Environment, Foreign Countries, French