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Zhao, Helen; MacWhinney, Brian – Modern Language Journal, 2018
This article analyzes the instructed learning of the English article system by second language (L2) learners. The Competition Model (MacWhinney, 1987, 2012) was adopted as the theoretical framework for analyzing the cues to article usage and for designing effective computer-based article instruction. Study 1 found that article cues followed a…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Cues
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Golonka, Ewa M. – Modern Language Journal, 2006
The empirical study reported here investigated predictors of oral proficiency gain to the Advanced level resulting from immersion study abroad. The data consisted of 22 preimmersion Oral Proficiency Interviews (OPIs) of American students who participated in semester immersion programs in Moscow and St. Petersburg, and received a score of…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, Oral Language, Foreign Countries, Study Abroad