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Computer-assisted reading lessons for relativization instruction (MOG, ROG, and COG treatments)

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Evidence · 1 claim (1 for) · 1 study (1 causal), q3 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 1 claim rests on one study

Description

Ten daily computer-assisted reading lessons delivered the treatments to all three groups in a common format: "a text that appeared on the screen in three sequential reading-skills formats—a skimming format, an in-depth reading format, and a scanning format—followed by the two measures of comprehension". The experimental manipulation occurred during Reading for Understanding: the meaning-oriented group received lexical rephrasings and sentence clarification, the rule-oriented group viewed Animated Grammar decomposition and recombination, and controls viewed only the text sentences. Daily comprehension tests and L1 recall summaries were built in.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Computer laboratory access and daily one-lesson assignments on individual diskettes
  • Researcher presence to ensure subjects viewed only assigned lessons

Constraints

  • Instruction was limited to restrictive OBJECT OF A PREPOSITION relative clauses within three created stories

Target Learners

  • Middle-proficiency intensive English institute students

Learning Goals

  • Comprehension and acquisition of English relative clauses

Claims

Examples

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Key Sources

  • Catherine Doughty. (1991). Second Language Instruction Does Make a Difference: Evidence from an Empirical Study of SL Relativization. SSLA, 13, 431-469. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0272263100010287
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title Computer-assisted reading lessons for relativization instruction (MOG, ROG, and COG treatments)
description Ten daily computer-assisted reading lessons delivered the treatments to all three groups in a common format: "a text that appeared on the screen in three sequential reading-skills formats—a skimming format, an in-dept...
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