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651. Li, S. and Taguchi, N. (2014). The Effects of Practice Modality on Pragmatic Development in L2 Chinese. The Modern Language Journal, 98(3), 794–812.
Location: |
China |
Type of subjects/data: |
students |
No. of subjects/data: |
49 |
Instruments: |
Test |
Method of analysis: |
- performance in recognizing and producing request-making forms in terms of recognition accuracy, recognition speed, production accuracy and production speed were tested and scored.
- changes within each group overtime, and difference across different groups of the subjects were tested using nonparametric statistics: Friedman test, Wilcoxon test, Kruskal-Wallis test, Mann-Whitney U test |
Other aspects: |
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Research design: |
Quasi-experimental research |
Level of detail: |
High |
Keywords:
interlanguage pragmatics; L2 instruction; Chinese; requests; speech acts; input-based and output-based practice 652. Dahl, T.I. and Ludvigsen, S. (2014). How I See What You're Saying: The Role of Gestures in Native and Foreign Language Listening Comprehension. The Modern Language Journal, 98(3), 813–833.
Location: |
United States |
Type of subjects/data: |
Native English Speakers, foreign language learners |
No. of subjects/data: |
28, 46 |
Instruments: |
Task/ activity, Test, Video recordings, Questionnaire |
Method of analysis: |
- gestures used in the vdo stimuli were coded and transcribed
- recall, comprehension, and distortions were coded and scored
- the scores were compared by the gesture conditions, genders, and groups of learners |
Other aspects: |
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Research design: |
Quasi-experimental research |
Level of detail: |
High |
Keywords:
gestures; recall; comprehension; native language (NL); foreign language (FL); explicit information; implied information; distortions 653. Morett, L.M. (2014). When Hands Speak Louder Than Words: The Role of Gesture in the Communication, Encoding, and Recall of Words in a Novel Second Language. The Modern Language Journal, 98(3), 834-853.
Location: |
United States |
Type of subjects/data: |
students |
No. of subjects/data: |
52 |
Instruments: |
Task/ activity, Video recordings |
Method of analysis: |
- participants' speech was transcribed
- number of words, repetitions of target words of the task and conversational turns were quantified
- gestures were classified based on form: representational beat, deictic
- their functions were identified |
Other aspects: |
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Research design: |
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Level of detail: |
Medium |
Keywords:
gesture; vocabulary; discourse 654. Albirini, A. and Benmamoun, E. (2014). Concatenative and Nonconcatenative Plural Formation in L1, L2, and Heritage Speakers of Arabic. The Modern Language Journal, 98(3), 854-871.
Location: |
United States |
Type of subjects/data: |
L1, L2, and heritage speakers of Arabic |
No. of subjects/data: |
90 |
Instruments: |
Task/ activity, Questionnaire |
Method of analysis: |
- the subjects' responses to the tasks were trascribed and coded as correct, incorrect, and missing responses.
- the responses were calculated for each subject.
- patterns of errors for each group and across the different plural forms were identified.
Statistics: descriptive, ANOVA, Turkey honestly significant difference (HSD) |
Other aspects: |
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Research design: |
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Level of detail: |
Low |
Keywords:
Arabic; L2 learners; heritage speakers; plural morphology 655. Ziegler, N. A. (2014). Fostering Self-Regulated Learning Through the European Language Portfolio: An Embedded Mixed Methods Study, The Modern Language Journal, 98(4), 921–936.
Location: |
Germany |
Type of subjects/data: |
students, teachers |
No. of subjects/data: |
575, 19 |
Instruments: |
Questionnaire, Interview |
Method of analysis: |
- the effect of using portfolio on self-regulated learning
- teacher and student perception of portfolio
Statistics: MANOVA, correlation |
Other aspects: |
mixed-methods study designed to evaluate the validity of the language protfolio |
Research design: |
Mixed-method |
Level of detail: |
High |
Keywords:
self-regulated learning; autonomy; academic self-efficacy; motivation; alternative assessments; 656. Römer, U., O'Donnell, M.B., and Ellis, N.C. (2014). Second Language Learner Knowledge of Verb–Argument Constructions: Effects of Language Transfer and Typology, The Modern Language Journal, 98(4), 952–975.
Location: |
More than one country |
Type of subjects/data: |
students |
No. of subjects/data: |
524 |
Instruments: |
Task/ activity |
Method of analysis: |
- responses, as verb types, from 4 groups of participants were analysed and compared
- the verb types were lemmatized and ranked by frequencies
- the over- or underuse of a verb by nonnative compared to the native norm were examined
- the comparisons between the lists of responses from native patterns and each of the 3 groups of participants were carried out
Statistics: a simple regression, correlations |
Other aspects: |
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Research design: |
Survey research |
Level of detail: |
High |
Keywords:
usage-based language acquisition; Construction Grammar; advanced learners; crosslinguistic influence; satellite- vs. verb-framed languages 657. Gablasova, D. (2014). Learning and Retaining Specialized Vocabulary From Textbook Reading: Comparison of Learning Outcomes Through L1 and L2, The Modern Language Journal, 98(4), 976–991.
Location: |
United Kingdom |
Type of subjects/data: |
students |
No. of subjects/data: |
64 |
Instruments: |
Test, Task/ activity |
Method of analysis: |
- word meanings recalled immediately after the reading and one week later were tested and compared between 2 groups of subjects
- depth of word knowledge was determined in terms of the number of meaning components
- the depth of word meaning retained by the 2 groups of subjects were compared
Statistics: independent sample t-test, Cohen's d |
Other aspects: |
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Research design: |
Quasi-experimental research |
Level of detail: |
High |
Keywords:
incidental vocabulary acquisition; vocabulary learning; specialized vocabulary; reading to learn; L1 and L2 users 658. Hamada, M. (2014). The Role of Morphological and Contextual Information in L2 Lexical Inference, The Modern Language Journal, 98(4), 992–1005.
Location: |
United States |
Type of subjects/data: |
students |
No. of subjects/data: |
107 |
Instruments: |
Task/ activity, Questionnaire |
Method of analysis: |
- the mean frequency for each multiple choice option selected by the participants of 2 conditions and 2 sessions of the task
- the mean frequency for the 2 critical answer options, context-based, and morphological-based by psudo compound for each condition for each task version
- comparison of the answer options and the critical options between 2 task versions
- comparison of the answer options and the critical options between 4 groups of the subjects |
Other aspects: |
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Research design: |
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Level of detail: |
Low |
Keywords:
vocabulary; reading; psycholinguistics 659. Van Zeeland, H. (2014). Lexical Inferencing in First and Second Language Listening, The Modern Language Journal, 98(4), 1006-1021.
Location: |
United Kingdom |
Type of subjects/data: |
Native and nonnative speakers of English |
No. of subjects/data: |
77 |
Instruments: |
Task/ activity, Interview, Test |
Method of analysis: |
- lexical inferencing success rates of L1 and L2 listeners were measured
- the effects of contextual clue typo, background knowledge, and L2 vocabulary knowledge on the success rates of the 2 groups of subjects were analysed
- noticing ability of L2 listener was measured
Statistics: mean, sd, percentage, paired-sample t-test, Wilcoxon signed-rank test (Effect size) |
Other aspects: |
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Research design: |
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Level of detail: |
Medium |
Keywords:
first language listening; second language listening; lexical inferencing; vocabulary acquisition; noticing 660. Piirainen–Marsh, A., and Tainio, L. (2014). Asymmetries of Knowledge and Epistemic Change in Social Gaming Interaction. The Modern Language Journal, 98(4), 1022-1038.
Location: |
Finland |
Type of subjects/data: |
young gamers |
No. of subjects/data: |
2 |
Instruments: |
Video recordings, Task/ activity |
Method of analysis: |
- conversation analysis
- multimodal analysis |
Other aspects: |
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Research design: |
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Level of detail: |
Medium |
Keywords:
epistemic organization; epistemic asymmetry and change; multilingual language use; interaction; social gaming |