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Application of a CALL System in the Acquisition of Adverbs in English
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Torlaković, Edina Deugo, Dwight |
| Copyright Year | 2004 |
| Description | In the paper, we examine whether and the extent to which CALL grammar instruction contributes to improving learners' performance and confidence in positioning adverbs in an English sentence. Over a two-week period two groups of ESL learners were exposed to six hours of grammar instruction. One group had teacher-fronted instruction while the other was exposed to CALL software. Both groups completed identical tasks in terms of format, instruction, task features, content and feedback. The groups were given a pretest, an immediate posttest, and a delayed posttest. Results showed a significant improvement on the intuition task and a significant confidence improvement on both intuition and production tasks for the computer group. The in-class and the control group showed no significant gains. It is hypothesized that frequency of exposure and practice accounted for the difference between the in-class and the computer group. It is also recognized that students' control of learning, availability of immediate feedback, and non-existence of negative psychological effect that can follow face-to-face negative feedback also contributed to the difference that was found. |
| Related Links | http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/MQ57717.pdf |
| Ending Page | 235 |
| Page Count | 33 |
| Starting Page | 203 |
| ISSN | 09588221 |
| e-ISSN | 17443210 |
| DOI | 10.1080/0958822042000334244 |
| Journal | Computer Assisted Language Learning |
| Issue Number | 2 |
| Volume Number | 17 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2004-04-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Journal: Computer Assisted Language Learning Language Studies Adverbs Computer Group Grammar Instruction Intuition Negative Feedback Posttest Task |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Computer Science Applications Linguistics and Language |
