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Xia, Lihua; Bak, Thomas H.; Vega-Mendoza, Mariana; Sorace, Antonella – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2023
The current study examined cognitive effects of two pathways of second language (L2) acquisition longitudinally in Chinese speakers learning English in an L2-dominant environment. Thirty-nine participants who attended an intensive 10-week English course (L2-instruction group) were compared to 38 participants who attended regular university courses…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Cognitive Processes
Lyster, Roy; Mori, Hirohide – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2006
This comparative analysis of teacher-student interaction in two different instructional settings at the elementary-school level (18.3 hr in French immersion and 14.8 hr Japanese immersion) investigates the immediate effects of explicit correction, recasts, and prompts on learner uptake and repair. The results clearly show a predominant provision…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Feedback (Response), Teacher Student Relationship, Immersion Programs

Harley, Birgit; King, Mary Lou – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1989
Compares the lexical proficiency of 69 grade 6 immersion students with that of 22 native French-speaking peers, based on verb use and in 5 written compositions. Measures of lexical error, variety, specificity, and sophistication show clear differences between the two groups. (33 references) (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, French, Grade 6

Wode, Henning – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1999
Compares English acquisition of German students in English immersion (IM), non-immersion, and non-IM groups from the same school as the IM groups. Examines whether English vocabulary learning occurs incidentally while students are learning history or geography taught in English and whether learning abilities activated in the IM classroom are the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Immersion Programs

Carlisle, Robert S. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1989
Evaluates the writing of Hispanic students in bilingual and submersion programs, comparing it with the writing of native English speakers in regular programs. Five dependent variables are evaluated: rhetorical effectiveness, overall quality of writing, productivity, syntactic maturity, and error frequency. (46 references) (Author/OD)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)