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Zhao, Yongbin; Ellis, Rod – Language Teaching Research, 2022
This article reports a classroom-based study of the effects of two types of corrective feedback (CF) on the acquisition of 3rd person "-s." One hundred and nine Chinese university students completed three communicative tasks: One group received implicit CF consisting of a single corrective move (implicit recasts), a second group received…
Descriptors: Error Correction, Feedback (Response), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Ellis, Rod; Roever, Carsten – Language Learning Journal, 2021
This article presents a review of research that has investigated ways of measuring implicit and explicit knowledge of a second language (L2), focusing on grammar. It begins by defining implicit and explicit knowledge in terms of a distinguishing set of criteria. Two ways of investigating implicit knowledge are discussed -- through experimental…
Descriptors: Grammar, Second Language Learning, Metalinguistics, Psycholinguistics
Godfroid, Aline; Loewen, Shawn; Jung, Sehoon; Park, Ji-Hyun; Gass, Susan; Ellis, Rod – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2015
Grammaticality judgment tests (GJTs) have been used to elicit data reflecting second language (L2) speakers' knowledge of L2 grammar. However, the exact constructs measured by GJTs, whether primarily implicit or explicit knowledge, are disputed and have been argued to differ depending on test-related variables (i.e., time pressure and item…
Descriptors: Grammar, Eye Movements, Second Language Learning, Native Speakers
Li, Shaofeng; Zhu, Yan; Ellis, Rod – Modern Language Journal, 2016
The article reports on a study investigating the comparative effects of immediate and delayed corrective feedback in learning the English past passive construction, a linguistic structure of which the learners had little prior knowledge. A total of 120 learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) from 4 intact classes at a Chinese middle school…
Descriptors: Error Correction, Feedback (Response), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Shintani, Natsuko; Ellis, Rod; Suzuki, Wataru – Language Learning, 2014
The study compared the effects of two types of form-focused written feedback--direct corrective feedback (DCF) and metalinguistic explanation (ME) given to the whole class--on Japanese university students' accuracy of use of two grammatical structures: indefinite article and the hypothetical conditional. Both types of feedback were given with…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Accuracy, Error Correction, Metalinguistics
Shintani, Natsuko; Ellis, Rod – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2011
Most studies that have investigated the effects of instruction on the SLA of specific grammatical features have focused on intentional learning. This study investigated incidental acquisition by comparing the relative effects of two types of instruction--comprehension-based instruction (CBI) and production-based instruction (PBI)--on young…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Nouns

Ellis, Rod – System, 1985
Discusses the L1=L2 hypothesis which states that, all other things except knowledge of language being equal, first language acquisition is the same as second language acquisition. Reviews the evidence for and against the hypothesis, looks at current research and considers the general distinction between formal and informal learning. (SED)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Language Acquisition, Language Processing

Ellis, Rod; Basturkmen, Helen; Loewen, Shawn – TESOL Quarterly, 2001
Investigates a preemptive focus on form, occasions when either the teacher or a student chose to make a specific form the topic of discourse. Found that in 12 hours of meaning-focused instruction, there were as many preemptive focus-on-form episodes (FFEs) as reactive FFEs (i.e., corrective feedback). (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language)

Ellis, Rod – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1989
Reports on a study of the classroom acquisition of German word order by adult learners. Results of the study support the claim that classroom and naturalistic second language acquisition of complex grammatical features such as word order follow similar routes. (50 references) (Author/OD)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Comparative Analysis, German, Grammar

Ellis, Rod – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1987
Examines style shifting in the use of three past tense morphemes by 17 intermediate learners of English as a second language. Style shifting is explored within a single discourse mode--narrative--according to the amount of time made available. Data were collected under three conditions: (1) planned writing; (2) planned speech; and (3) unplanned…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language)
Ellis, Rod; Yuan, Fangyuan – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2004
Building on previous studies of the effects of planning on second language (L2) learners' oral narratives and drawing on Kellog's (1996) model of writing, this article reports a study of the effects of three types of planning conditions (pretask planning, unpressured on-line planning, and no planning) on 42 Chinese learners' written narratives…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Verbs, Second Language Learning, Oral Language

Ellis, Rod – System, 1989
Reports on a study of the learning styles of two adult classroom learners of German as a second language. The extent to which, and in what ways, learners' learning style varies, whether one learning style results in more effective learning, and the effect of instructional style on the subjects' learning outcomes are explored. (29 references)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Learning, Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis

Ellis, Rod – Applied Linguistics, 1995
Studied the relationship between modified oral input and the acquisition of word meanings by Japanese high school students. Results include a strong relationship between comprehension and word meaning acquisition was only evident in a test replicating learning format; and rate of word acquisition was faster with the premodified input. (54…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Correlation, English (Second Language), High School Students
Ellis, Rod; Loewen, Shawn; Erlam, Rosemary – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2006
This article reviews previous studies of the effects of implicit and explicit corrective feedback on SLA, pointing out a number of methodological problems. It then reports on a new study of the effects of these two types of corrective feedback on the acquisition of past tense -ed. In an experimental design (two experimental groups and a control…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Error Correction, Experimental Groups, Control Groups