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Dative alternation training task presented as a simple structural change

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Description

The learning target and task of the experiment: the English dative alternation, an abstract generalization that learners tend to overgeneralize. All subjects received training on the alternation before the feedback manipulation; the abstract states that "All subjects were trained on the alternation, which was presented in terms of a simple structural change." The task served to elicit errors on which the different feedback types were then delivered.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Training on the alternation precedes the feedback manipulation for all subjects

Constraints

  • The structure was presented as a simple structural change rather than in full abstract complexity

Target Learners

  • Adult Spanish-speaking learners of English as a second language

Learning Goals

  • Acquisition of the English dative alternation and its abstract constraints

Claims

Examples

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Key Sources

  • Susanne Carroll and Merrill Swain. (1993). Explicit and Implicit Negative Feedback: An Empirical Study of the Learning of Linguistic Generalizations. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Volume 15, Issue 3. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0272263100012158
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id dative-alternation-training-task-simple-structural-change
title Dative alternation training task presented as a simple structural change
description The learning target and task of the experiment: the English dative alternation, an abstract generalization that learners tend to overgeneralize.
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