Textbook-based morphosyntactic teaching was a sound basis for understanding and reusing key compound nouns, with no clear added value from the cognitive perspective on that measure¶
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q2 i? Both groups grasped the key CNs in the video summaries, and the control group gave a more detailed account of energy production, leading the author to conclude the cognitive approach can complement but not replace morphosyntactic teaching. → Fries 2017
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Fries 2017¶
Fries, M.-H. (2017). Teaching compound nouns in ESP: insights from cognitive semantics. In C. Sarré & S. Whyte (Eds), New developments in ESP teaching and learning research (pp. 93-107). Research-publishing.net. https://doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2017.cssw2017.747
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Qualitative comparison of written summaries of two videos (on artemisinin and Danish energy transition) produced in class by both groups. The experimental group was more precise on chemical-reaction CNs, but the control group detailed energy production CNs better.
"The tentative conclusions which can be drawn from these findings is that the textbook-based teaching given to all the students seems a sound basis to help them understand and reuse key CNs, with no clear added value coming from the cognitive perspective."
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Related Claims¶
- French ESP students taught compound nouns via a cognitive-semantic approach produced highly specialised compounds from their internships more readily than morphosyntax-taught peers — related
- Experimental-group students used compound nouns in slide bullet points more than control-group students, supporting stylistic appropriateness for presentations — related
- Word-order errors in compound nouns were infrequent in both groups, and the highlighting pattern accounted for nearly all compounds, supporting its use as a teaching heuristic — related
- Tyler et al. (2003) found no statistically significant differences between phonological awareness training and a morphosyntactic intervention (indeterminate effect) — related
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