Quality out-of-class language learning combines focus on meaning and form and correlates with higher grades¶

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q2 i? Out-of-class activities promoting a synergy between focus on meaning and focus on form positively correlated with higher grades, effective English learning outcomes, and enjoyment. → Joshua Wedlock & Christopher Binnie 2025

Evidence¶

Joshua Wedlock & Christopher Binnie 2025¶

Joshua Wedlock & Christopher Binnie. (2025). Deliberate and Purposeful Practice for Second Language Learning: A Framework. The Electronic Journal for English as a Second Language. https://doi.org/10.55593/ej.29115a5

q2 · i? · theoretical · r2

The article reports, citing Lai et al. (2015), that "quality OCLL was comprised of activities that promoted a synergy between a focus on meaning and a focus on form," which positively correlated with higher grades, effective learning outcomes, and enjoyment. No coefficient is printed.

"Lai et al. (2015) reported that quality OCLL was comprised of activities that promoted a synergy between a focus on meaning and a focus on form, which in turn, positively correlated to higher grades, effective English learning outcomes, and enjoyment"

Discussion¶

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