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Snoder, Per – TESL Canada Journal, 2017
This article reports on a classroom-based experiment that tested the effects of three vocabulary teaching constructs (involvement load, spacing, and intentionality) on the learning of English verb-noun collocations--for example, "shelve a plan." Laufer and Hulstijn's (2001) "involvement load" predicts that the higher the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Phrase Structure
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Hanifi, Sepideh; Nasiri, Mahdi; Aliasin, Hesamuddin – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
Dynamic assessment (DA), stemmed from both Vygotsky's (1978) learning theory and Feuerstein's (1979) theory of mediated learning experiences, is an alternative to static assessment. It focuses on both instruction and assessment aiming at promoting learning through mediation. DA has been widely researched in different linguistic areas, but there is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocabulary Development, English for Special Purposes, Pretests Posttests