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ERIC Number: EJ766759
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-0015-718X
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Explicit Input Enhancement: Effects on Target and Non-Target Aspects of Second Language Acquisition
Gascoigne, Carolyn
Foreign Language Annals, v39 n4 p551-564 Win 2006
Many recent studies have examined the effectiveness of various types of input enhancement. The following study expands this line of inquiry to include technological applications of language learning by comparing the effectiveness of the computer application of diacritics to a traditional pen-and-paper process among beginning students of French and Spanish. In addition to studying the effect of computer-mediated input enhancement on the recall of accents, this study also questions the incidental effects of input enhancement on non-target aspects of the second language acquisition (SLA) process. Results support the effectiveness of explicit and computer-mediated input enhancement. The following are appended: (1) Diacritic Handout Summary; (2) Transcribed Passages; (3) Posttreatment Questionnaire; and (4) Keyboard Combination Codes. (Contains 3 tables.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Tests/Questionnaires
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Language: English
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