ERIC Number: EJ1235724
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Dec
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Practice Is Important but How about Its Quality?: Contextualized Practice in the Classroom
Sato, Masatoshi; McDonough, Kim
Studies in Second Language Acquisition, v41 n5 p999-1026 Dec 2019
This study explored the impact of contextualized practice on second language (L2) learners' production of wh-questions in the L2 classroom. It examined the quality of practice (correct vs. incorrect production) and the contribution of declarative knowledge to proceduralization. Thirty-four university-level English as a foreign language learners first completed a declarative knowledge test. Then, they engaged in various communicative activities over five weeks. Their production of wh-questions was coded for accuracy (absence of errors) and fluency (speech rate, mean length of pauses, and repair phenomena). Improvement was measured as the difference between the first and last practice sessions. The results showed that accuracy, speech rate, and pauses improved but with distinct patterns. Regression models showed that declarative knowledge did not predict accuracy or fluency; however, declarative knowledge assisted the learners to engage in targetlike behaviors at the initial stage of proceduralization. Furthermore, whereas production of accurate wh-questions predicted accuracy improvement, it had no impact on fluency.
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Questioning Techniques, English (Second Language), College Students, Language Tests, Learning Activities, Accuracy, Error Patterns, Language Fluency, Student Improvement, Teaching Methods, Speech Communication, Student Behavior, Context Effect, Instructional Effectiveness
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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