Lynch and Maclean's carousel task showed immediate repetition benefits in pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar¶

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Evidence · 1 study · design r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2019 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? In the carousel task, students repeatedly presented their poster to rotating visitors, and immediate repetition offered benefits in pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar for most participants. → Rafael Zaccaron 2019

Evidence¶

Rafael Zaccaron 2019¶

Rafael Zaccaron. (2019). Ideas for integrating meaningful immediate repetition tasks in the English as an additional language classroom: promoting fluency. BELT, 10(2). http://dx.doi.org/10.15448/2178-3640.2019.2.32988

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The article summarises Lynch and Maclean's (2000) ESP-course carousel study: pairs prepared posters, then presenters answered rotating visitors' questions without repeating a rehearsed presentation. The review reports benefits "in terms of pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar for most participants"; no statistics are printed.

"The results indicated that immediate repetition offered benefits in terms of pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar for most participants."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Syntax — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• Practice of grammar rules improves only the practiced skill, showing skill specificity of L2 automatization — the general claim this finding bears on, with the studies behind it
• Immediate task repetition benefits oral performance, including fluency, self-correction and reduced anxiety — a broader claim this one bears on
• Speaking gains were significant for fluency, pronunciation and vocabulary but not for grammar — related
• Teachers' attention easily diverts to English learners' grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation even when unrelated to the day's learning goal — related
• Task rehearsal improves fluency and complexity on the repeated task but does not transfer to a new task of the same type — related