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Derwing, Tracey M.; Munro, Murray J. – Language Learning & Language Teaching, 2015
The emergence of empirical approaches to L2 pronunciation research and teaching is a powerful "fourth wave" in the history of the field. Authored by two leading proponents of evidence-based instruction, this volume surveys both foundational and cutting-edge empirical work and pinpoints its ramifications for pedagogy. The authors begin by…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Pronunciation Instruction, Teaching Methods
Kaplan, Marsha A. – 1983
The patterns of acquisition of the passe compose and imperfect tenses in French among 16 adult beginning and intermediate students were studied. Based on 15-minute speech samples in which both verb tenses were elicited by seeded questions and cues for descriptive and narrative monologues, the intermediate learners had greater success with the…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Design, Error Patterns
Broselow, Ellen – 1985
It is proposed that error patterns in acquisition of a second language can provide otherwise unavailable evidence for testing linguistic hypotheses about the second language itself. Three types of production and perceptual error patterns found in the learning of English by native Arabic speakers are outlined to support this suggestion. The error…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Arabic, Auditory Discrimination, English (Second Language)