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Publication Date: 2014
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Learners' Attention to Input during Focus on Form Listening Tasks: The Role of Mobile Technology in the Second Language Classroom
de la Fuente, María José
Computer Assisted Language Learning, v27 n3 p261-276 2014
This study explores the differential effects of medium of delivery of aural input during listening tasks on learners noticing and type of comprehension (top-down and bottom-up) of Spanish object pronouns during focus on form listening tasks. Twenty-two college students enrolled in second year Spanish in a technology-enhanced classroom participated in the study. Two types of medium of delivery of input were compared: mobile assisted language learning (MALL), which is learner manipulated, and instructor manipulated language learning (IMLL). A quasi-experimental design was used -- treatment and immediate tests -- in order to measure participants' reported noticing and type of comprehension. Noticing was operationalized using think-aloud protocols, and measured on the post-test exposure comprehension assessment tasks. The findings of the study, interpreted within the attentional SLA framework, indicate that learners in the MALL group demonstrated significantly higher levels of reported noticing, bottom-up comprehension, and top-down overall comprehension than learners in the IMLL group. Directions for future research as well as pedagogical implications of the use of mobile technology and task-based listening activities are offered.
Descriptors: Linguistic Input, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Protocol Analysis, Spanish, Information Technology, Listening Comprehension, Teaching Methods, Form Classes (Languages), College Students, Quasiexperimental Design, Task Analysis, Guidelines, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Computer Assisted Instruction, Pretests Posttests, Scores, Role
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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