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Direct linkTimothy Doe – Language Teaching Research, 2025
Language learning activities involving time-pressured repetition of similar content have been shown to facilitate improvements in fluency. However, concerns have been voiced about whether these gains might be offset by reduced levels of grammatical accuracy. This descriptive study tracked the oral proficiency of 32 Japanese university students…
Descriptors: Language Fluency, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Download full textShenk, Timothy – 1999
A study investigated the teaching of grammar in an advanced English as a Second Language (ESL) class in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. For a week, the instructor taught the students on the topic of comparatives, superlatives, and equatives. The instructor gave a written pretest, posttest, and a delayed posttest to the whole class of 15-25 immigrants and…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Conversational Language Courses
