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Using Collaborative Language Production Tasks to Promote Students' Language Awareness.
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Kowal, Maria; Swain, Merrill – Language Awareness, 1994
Examined the ability of Grade 8 intermediate and advanced learners of French to collaboratively complete a text reconstruction task, focusing on the students' discussion of the form of the message they were constructing. Results indicated that students gained awareness of gaps in their existing knowledge and links between the form, function, and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, French, Grade 8