The Interaction between Type of Contact and Type of Instruction: Some Effects on the L2 Proficiency of Adult Learners.

Spada, Nina

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Publication Date: 1986

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The Interaction between Type of Contact and Type of Instruction: Some Effects on the L2 Proficiency of Adult Learners.

Spada, Nina

Studies in Second Language Acquisition, v8 n2 p181-99 Jun 1986

Forty-eight adult learners from three intermediate-level ESL classes participated in a study investigating the effects that differences in learners' out-of-class contact with the second language might have on proficiency. Results indicated that learners' informal contact interacted with differences in instruction to produce variation in improvement.

Descriptors: Adult Learning, Analysis of Covariance, Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Student Improvement, Teaching Methods

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