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Computer-controlled self-study course in the artificial language Experanto

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Description

The article's instructional element is a "computer-controlled self-study course in an artificial language" (Experanto), used to deliver L2 input and explicit instruction to university students under controlled conditions. Two groups of 27 students differing in exposure to explicit instruction worked through the course, and "computer-controlledposttests" measured acquisition of four L2 structures. The computer control of both instruction and testing is what allowed the presence or absence of explicit instruction to be manipulated experimentally.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Learners work through the course in self-study mode under computer control, with exposure to explicit instruction varied between groups.

Constraints

  • The course teaches an artificial language rather than a natural second language, which limits generalization to natural L2 acquisition.

Target Learners

  • university students

Learning Goals

  • acquisition of L2 grammar structures

Claims

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Key Sources

  • Rick de Graaff. (1997). The Experanto Experiment: Effects of Explicit Instruction on Second Language Acquisition. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 19(2). https://doi.org/10.1017/S0272263197002064
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title Computer-controlled self-study course in the artificial language Experanto
description The article's instructional element is a "computer-controlled self-study course in an artificial language" (Experanto), used to deliver L2 input and explicit instruction to university students under controlled conditi...
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