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Learning language through collaboration
Hsu, Judy Yu-Li. - 2020
Abstract: This study explored the effects of meaning-focused and form-focused instruction on aspects of foreign-language learner’s spoken English, argument production, and attitude towards English use. Four freshman English classes (N=136) from a university in Taiwan participated in this quasi-experimental study. Two classes were randomly assigned to either the Collaborative Reasoning (meaning-focused instruction) condition or the Dictogloss (form-focused instruction) condition. Students in the two conditions discussed the same four topics, one topic per week, and each topic for a 60-minute class session. A battery of pre and posttests was administered, including an open-ended speaking task, attitude surveys, a standardized English test, and a reading fluency test. The major finding of the study was that students who had meaning-focused Collaborative Reasoning discussions increased their fluency in the posttest speaking task, while learners who participated in form-focused Dictogloss discussions had reduced fluency, after controlling for pretest fluency and other language proficiency measures. A corroborating finding is that Collaborative Reasoning students had higher posttest reading fluency than Dictogloss students, controlling for pretest reading fluency and other factors. The speaking fluency and reading fluency results suggest that Collaborative Reasoning students may have automatized core linguistic processes more than Dictogloss students. Overall, analyses of students’ talk suggested that meaning-focused instruction may nurture language performance that is more communicative, and form-focused instruction may foster language performance that is more restricted but accurate on target forms. The findings support the idea that conversational interaction is a foundation for language development. Evidence from this study suggests that incorporating meaning-focused instruction in the classroom could be one way of nurturing mastery of English as a communicative tool in an English-as-a-foreign-language context. ; Limited ; Author requested closed access (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD system
Keyword: collaboration; EFL; language instruction; SLA
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2142/101272
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Effect of collaborative learning and direct instruction on myside bias
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Understanding children’s causal reasoning during collaborative discussions
Ma, Shufeng. - 2017
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Instructional influences on English language learners' storytelling
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Children's productive use of academic vocabulary
Morris, Joshua; Latawiec, Beata; Anderson, Richard C.. - : Taylor & Francis LTD, 2017
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Influence of Collaborative Reasoning discussions on metadiscourse in children's essays
Latavietz, Beata M.; Anderson, Richard C.; Ma, Shufeng. - : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2016
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Think, talk, read and write better English: improving L2 literacy skills of Malaysian schoolchildren through collaborative reasoning
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A cross-cultural and cross-linguistic analysis of deaf reading practices in China: case studies using teacher interviews and classroom observations
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Influence of collaborative group work on English language learner's oral narratives
Ma, Shufeng. - 2013
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Communicating according to the standards: examining math talk in Chinese and U.S. mathematics classrooms
McConney, Marc. - 2013
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Insight into the structure of compound words among speakers of Chinese and English
In: Applied psycholinguistics. - Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press 33 (2012) 4, 753-779
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The effect of phonological working memory on children's Chinese spoken word learning
Wei, Junli. - 2012
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Metadiscourse in oral discussions and persuasive essays of children exposed to collaborative reasoning
Latawiec, Beata. - 2012
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Promoting emerging literacy skills of Malaysian indigenous children through shared-book reading
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Influence of cultural norms and collaborative discussions on children's reflective essays
In: Discourse processes. - London [u.a.] : Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group 48 (2011) 7, 501-528
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The development of young Chinese children's morphological awareness: The role of semantic relatedness and morpheme type
In: Applied psycholinguistics. - Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press 34 (2011) 1, 45-67
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"Am I Korean American?": beliefs and practices of parents and children living in two languages and two cultures
Han, Heekyung. - 2011
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Motivating science learning
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Cross-language transfer of insight into the structure of compound words
In: Reading and writing. - New York, NY : Springer Science+Business Media 23 (2010) 3-4, 311-336
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Developmental stages in reading Chinese as a second language
Kim, Sun-A. - 2010
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