Regular past tense accuracy is greatest in planned writing, intermediate in planned speech, and least in unplanned speech¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r? · q2
Currency · newest study 1987 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? For regular past, accuracy was highest in planned writing, lowest in unplanned speech, with planned speech in between. → Rod Ellis 1987

Evidence¶

Rod Ellis 1987¶

Rod Ellis. (1987). Interlanguage Variability in Narrative Discourse: Style Shifting in the Use of the Past Tense. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Volume 9, Issue 1. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0272263100006483

q2 · i? · causal · r?

Across the three planning conditions with 17 intermediate L2 learners, regular past tense accuracy followed the ordering planned writing > planned speech > unplanned speech, as the abstract states accuracy was "most evident in planned writing and least evident in unplanned speech".

"For regular past, greatest accuracy was most evident in planned writing and least evident in unplanned speech, with planned speech intermediate."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• The three planning conditions produced different accuracy orders for regular and irregular past, questioning the stability of the natural order — related
• Irregular past shows little style shifting across planning conditions — related
• Past copula style shifting occurs only between planned speech and unplanned speech — reports the opposite
• L2 learners style-shift in past tense accuracy within narrative discourse according to the amount of planning time available — a broader claim this one bears on
• Monitoring significantly improves a second language learner's accuracy on learnable rules (subject-verb agreement, regular past tense) in the most monitored style — related