{"title":"Second language pragmatics development through different instructional techniques","authors":"Elaheh Zaferanieh, Mansoor Tavakoli, Abbass Eslami Rasekh","doi":"10.1075/ITL.17001.ZAF","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/ITL.17001.ZAF","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000This study investigated the effectiveness of three types of instruction on learning the speech act of criticizing by 100 Iranian learners of English. For 10 weeks, the consciousness raising group (N = 27), input enhancement group (N = 23), and ZPD (Zone of Proximal Development)-sensitive group (N = 25) participated in the study. The three treatment groups were compared with a control group (N = 25) on pre-tests, immediate and delayed posttests performance of discourse completion test and role-play test. The results revealed that treatment groups significantly improved and outperformed the control group. They maintained their improvement in the delayed posttest. In addition, the results showed the superiority of ZPD-sensitive instruction in relation to two other methods, and better performance of consciousness raising instruction than input-enhancement method. Finally, by interviewing the participants, the researchers could understand the opinions of learners about the instructions they received. The findings and implications are discussed.","PeriodicalId":53175,"journal":{"name":"ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics (Belgium)","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2020-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46344318","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The impact of explicit instruction on different types of linguistic properties","authors":"Joana Teixeira","doi":"10.1075/itl.18022.tei","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/itl.18022.tei","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Over the past decades, L2 research has shown that properties involving the syntax-discourse interface are\u0000 typically more complex to acquire than strictly syntactic properties. To determine whether the complexity of the target property\u0000 moderates the effectiveness of explicit instruction, this study investigates the impact of explicit instruction on the development\u0000 of a syntactic property (the ungrammaticality of free inversion) and a syntax-discourse property (the unacceptability of locative\u0000 inversion with informationally heavy verbs) in L1 European Portuguese-L2 English (B2 and C1 levels), using a pre-test/post-test\u0000 design. Results reveal that instruction only produced lasting effects when it targeted syntax and learners were at the C1 level.\u0000 These results indicate that syntax may be more permeable to instructional effects than the syntax-discourse interface and that the\u0000 effectiveness of explicit instruction depends on learners’ stage of L2 development.","PeriodicalId":53175,"journal":{"name":"ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics (Belgium)","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2019-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47022075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Technology-mediated feedback and instruction","authors":"Hossein Nassaji, Eva Kartchava","doi":"10.1075/itl.00018.nas","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/itl.00018.nas","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53175,"journal":{"name":"ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics (Belgium)","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2019-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49070360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eline van Batenburg, R. Oostdam, Amos J. S. van Gelderen, R. Fukkink, Nivja H. de Jong
{"title":"The effects of instructional focus and task type on pre-vocational learners’ ability in EFL oral interaction","authors":"Eline van Batenburg, R. Oostdam, Amos J. S. van Gelderen, R. Fukkink, Nivja H. de Jong","doi":"10.1075/ITL.18027.VAN","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/ITL.18027.VAN","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Little is known about the effect of diverging pedagogies on the development of interactional oral skills in a foreign language. In a controlled study, we evaluated three newly developed instructional programmes that were situated in the same training context, but that differed in instructional focus and type of task. These were compared to the effects of business-as-usual instruction. Multilevel analysis revealed that all experimental groups outperformed the ‘business-as-usual’ control group on oral interaction skills (N = 199), with similar results for the programmes. Positive effects were found on interaction skills for trained contexts of use only. No transfer was found to tasks in other contexts of use. We conclude that receiving contextualised oral interaction instruction is beneficial to the development of pre-vocational learners’ interaction skills.","PeriodicalId":53175,"journal":{"name":"ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics (Belgium)","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2019-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46348544","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A. L. Duffé Montalván (coordinator). (2017). Singularidad y variedad en el estudio sobre los actos de\u0000 habla","authors":"Barbara De Cock","doi":"10.1075/itl.18024.dec","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/itl.18024.dec","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53175,"journal":{"name":"ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics (Belgium)","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2019-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"58698639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}