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Buckheister, Patrick B.; Fanselow, John F. – 1983
The technique individuals use to narrow the possible responses in "solicits" (demands, requests, or questions requiring a response) in and outside the classroom often helps to avoid miscommunication and can be a useful tool for classroom teachers. A narrowing exercise was completed by 35 classes of native English and English as a second language…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Class Activities, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques
Peer reviewedGrace, Caroline A. – Modern Language Journal, 1998
A study with 181 beginning-level college students of French investigated the effects of sentence-level native-language (L1) translations on retention of second-language (L2) vocabulary presented in a context designed to promote inference rather than word-to-word translation. Research was conducted to address the specific design of software for…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction
