Structured Input Activities in Processing Instruction

ISBN-13: 9783659147999 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 392 str.

Hsin-Ying Chen

Opis

This study set out to investigate the roles of the two different types of structured input activities (SIA) in the framework of Processing Instruction (i.e. PI, a type of input-based grammar pedagogy package). It addresses some weaknesses of previous PI studies and begins to address several new issues in the PI research agenda. A classroom-based quasi-experiment was carried out to investigate the effectiveness of different types of input activities within PI: Referential and affective activities. Taiwanese primary school students were allocated into instruction and control groups. A range of elicitation tests were employed to measure the impact of the interventions, including a grammaticality judgment test (GJT) with a time constraint, a gap-fill written test, a picture-based narration oral test, a structured conversation and a short written receptive vocabulary test.

O autorze

Dr. Hsin-Ying Chen obtained her PhD and MA degrees in the Department of Education at the University of York (UK). Her research interests include foreign/second langauge learning and teaching, and remedial instruction for struggling primary school students.