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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
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Basturkmen, Helen; Loewen, Shawn; Ellis, Rod – Applied Linguistics, 2004
This article reports a case study investigating the relationship between three teachers' stated beliefs about and practices of focus on form in intermediate level ESL communicative lessons. Focus on form was defined and studied in terms of incidental time-outs taken by students and teachers to deal with issues of linguistic form during…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Case Studies, English (Second Language), Teaching Methods