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Kim, YouJin; Jung, YeonJoo; Skalicky, Stephen – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2019
The current study examined the occurrence and benefits of linguistic alignment in two modalities, face-to-face (FTF) and synchronous computer-mediated communication (SCMC), focusing on stranded prepositions in relative clauses. It further examined how learner characteristics (i.e., working memory, language proficiency, previous knowledge of the…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Second Language Learning, Computer Mediated Communication, Synchronous Communication
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Guilloteaux, Marie J. – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2013
This paper outlines a procedure for language textbook analysis from the perspective of second language acquisition (SLA) principles as a preliminary procedure to evaluation for selection. The aim is to provide a tool that allows comparison of the potential of textbooks for supporting students' language learning. To this end, ten general principles…
Descriptors: Textbook Selection, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Mitchell, Rosamond; Lee, Jenny Hye-Won – Language Teaching Research, 2003
Provides a comparative study of two different cultures of learning--the Korean and the British. Data are case studies of teaching and learning at the mainstream beginner level: English in Korea and French in Britain. Focuses on how the notion of communicative is interpreted, the idea of "good language learner," and whole-class…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences
Kim, Byong Won – 1982
An analysis of Korean language textbooks currently used by Korean children and of nationally-administered reading comprehension test items for high school graduates reveals a text-oriented reading comprehension approach in South Korea. Text orientation--seeing individual words, phrases, and sentences as semantically unified into a meaningful…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Kim, Jin-Wan – Texas Papers in Foreign Language Education, 1996
A study investigated linguistic, rhetorical, and strategic variables of the writing processes and products of 3 groups of graduate and undergraduate students: 28 native English-speaking Americans; 28 Koreans studying in the United States; and 90 Korean students in Korea. The last two groups were learners of English as a Second Language (ESL). Data…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Difficulty Level
Texas Papers in Foreign Language Education, 1995
Papers on foreign language education include: "Beliefs About Language Learning: A Study of Korean University Students Learning English" (Susan N. Truitt), which looked at the influence of cultural background and experience on language learning attitudes; "Motivation as a Two-Sided Coin: Motivational Differences Between College-Level…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Chinese, Classroom Communication, College Students