TODE Tomoko
Department Hiroshima shudo University The Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences Position Professor |
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Date | 2016/04/12 |
Presentation Theme | Effects of construal awareness on the learning of typologically different second language grammar |
Conference | American Association for Applied Linguistics 2016 |
Promoters | American Association for Applied Linguistics |
Conference Type | International |
Presentation Type | Speech (General) |
Contribution Type | Individual |
Venue | Orlando, USA |
Details | This study hypothesizes that raising awareness of how events are construed in English may be effective in reducing errors arising from the Japanese topic-comment construction. Forty Japanese undergraduates learning English met individually with the researcher for three sessions over a 2-week period during which they carried out pretest, treatment, and posttest activities. Although long-term studies are needed before reaching a definitive conclusion, the study suggests that corrective feedback tuning in to construal factors may promote learning of typologically different L2 grammar. |