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Effects of Proficiency Differences and Patterns of Pair Interaction on Second Language Learning: Collaborative Dialogue between Adult ESL Learners
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Watanabe, Yuko; Swain, Merrill – Language Teaching Research, 2007
This study investigated the effects of second language (L2) proficiency differences in pairs and patterns of interaction on L2 learning, making use of both qualitative and quantitative data. We designed the study in such a way that four different "core" participants interacted with higher and lower proficiency "non-core"…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Scores, Language Proficiency
Task-based Second Language Learning: The Uses of the First Language.
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Swain, Merrill; Lapkin, Sharon – Language Teaching Research, 2000
Focuses on the uses of the first language (L1) made by 22 pairs of Grade 8 French immersion students as they complete one of two different tasks: a dictogloss and a jigsaw. The outcome of each task is a story written by each pair. Proposes a coding scheme for the uses made of the (L1) and reports on an exploratory analysis intended to describe…
Descriptors: English, French, Grade 8, Immersion Programs