It Takes Two: Contrasting Tasks and Contrasting Structures.

Eisenstein, Miriam; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ269950

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1982-Sep

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It Takes Two: Contrasting Tasks and Contrasting Structures.

Eisenstein, Miriam; And Others

TESOL Quarterly, v16 n3 p383-93 Sep 1982

Examines and compares two measures of adult second language learner performance: cued production and elicited imitation. Discusses the utility of each in terms of the contrasting results of the tasks on a carefully delineated area of grammar, namely the related structure of third person simple present and present progressive in WH-questions. (EKN)

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Imitation, Language Patterns, Language Processing, Language Research, Linguistic Competence, Linguistic Performance, Phrase Structure, Prompting, Second Language Learning

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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