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ERIC Number: EJ1297936
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Jun
Pages: 25
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0039-8322
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Applying Constructionist Approaches to Teaching English Argument Structure Constructions to EFL Learners
Kim, Hyunwoo; Rah, Yangon
TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, v55 n2 p568-592 Jun 2021
The present study investigated the effects of construction-based instruction on Korean English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' production of the English argument structure constructions. Within the theoretical framework of construction grammar (Goldberg, 1995), the authors presented college students with English constructions in a hierarchical network and provided contextually meaningful visual scenes in connection with the language input. Results from translation and guided writing tasks, which were implemented before, immediately after, and 4 weeks after the learning sessions, revealed that learners who received construction-based instruction outperformed those who received form-centered instruction in both immediate and delayed posttests. Further, among the construction-based groups, only those learners who were presented with the target constructions in a network hierarchy maintained improved performance in the delayed posttest. The authors conclude by addressing the pedagogical implications for construction-based teaching in the EFL context.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Korea
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