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Temas: artículo instrucción explícita

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In this study, 156 learners were randomly assigned to four experimental conditions featuring 5-minute explicit information (EI) treatments on Spanish real and hypothetical conditionals. The Reading + Hearing + Enhancement + Indexing group received EI in text, audio, and with textual enhancements and indexing (synchronous animations connecting segments of metalanguage to their form in examples). The Reading + Hearing + Enhancement group received the same, minus the indexing. The Reading + Hearing group received text and auditory support, and the Reading group received EI in text form only. A control group completed identical outcome measures but was exposed to treatments for a different linguistic target. 82 participants completed recognition pre- and posttests, and 74 completed guided production tests. In recognition, results revealed...

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Temas: artículo input multimodal

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Multimodal input ? which combines written, auditory, and/or visual modalities ? is pervasive in everyday life and could serve as a source of rich input in language teaching. In recent years, research has determined that vocabulary learning is one of the clear benefits of being exposed to such input. Regrettably, only a handful of studies have investigated whether and how second language (L2) teachers approach multimodal input in teaching. To further contribute to the research?practice dialogue, we examined factors that influence L2 teachers? use of multimodal input in L2 teaching. This qualitative case study...

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