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Lyster, Roy – Language Learning, 1998
Presents a study of the relationships among error types, feedback types, and immediate learner repair in four French immersion classrooms at the elementary level. The database is drawn from transcripts of audiotape recordings of 13 French language-arts lessons and 14 subject-matter lessons totaling 18.3 hours and including 921 error sequences.…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Elementary Education, Error Correction, Error Patterns
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Lyster, Roy – Language Learning, 2001
Investigated specific patterns for a reactive approach to form-focused instruction: corrective feedback and its relationship to error types and immediate learner repair. Data is drawn from transcripts of audio recordings made in four French immersion classrooms at the elementary level, totaling 18.3 hours and including 921 error sequences.…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Elementary Education, Error Correction, Feedback
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Lyster, Roy – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1998
Examines aspects of communicative classroom discourse that may affect the potential of recasts to be noticed as negative evidence by young second-language learners. The database comprises transcripts of over 18 hours of interaction recorded during 27 lessons in four immersion classrooms at the primary level. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Classroom Communication, Databases, Discourse Analysis
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Lyster, Roy – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1994
It is proposed that negotiation of form can be effective in language immersion instruction. Students are pushed to produce ever more accurate and appropriate utterances, drawing on their own sociolinguistic resources. Examples are provided from an eighth-grade classroom where the teacher uses feedback, questioning, discussion, and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning, Discourse Analysis, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Lyster, Roy – Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 1998
Qualitative analyses of teacher-student interaction recorded during subject-matter lessons in Grade 4 French immersion classrooms indicate that language form is often out of focus in immersion classroom discourse. Discusses pedagogical implications of research findings related to corrective feedback. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Discourse Analysis, Elementary Education
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Lyster, Roy; Ranta, Leila – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1997
Examined corrective feedback and learner response to feedback in four primary level immersion classes. Transcripts of classroom interactions from subject-matter and French language arts lessons were analyzed using a model comprising the various moves in an error treatment sequence. Findings reveal a strong tendency for teachers to use recasts…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Data Analysis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students