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Ellis, Rod; He, Xien – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1999
Reports an experimental study of the differential effects of premodified input, internationally modified input, and modified output on the comprehension of directions in a listen-and-do task and the acquisition of new words embedded in the directions. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Incidental Learning, Linguistic Input, Second Language Instruction
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House, Juliane – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1996
Explores whether pragmatic fluency is best acquired by provision of input and opportunity for communicative practice alone, or whether learners profit more with additional explicit instruction in the use of conversational routines. The article hypothesized that such instruction raises learners' awareness of the functions and contextual…
Descriptors: College Students, Data Collection, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language)