A web-based listening methodology for studying relative clause acquisition

This paper addresses the comprehension of relative clauses in audio prompts using online listening exercises implemented in a classroom. Reaction time to short and long sentences containing subject and object relative clauses was assessed in subjects attending an intensive ESL course for graduate st...

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Published in:Computer assisted language learning Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 51 - 66
Main Author: Romeo, Kenneth
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Routledge 01.02.2008
Subjects:
classroom-based
College Students
Computer Assisted Instruction
Computer Assisted Language Learning
Cues
English (Second Language)
English as a Second Language Learning
ESL
Graduate Students
Internet
Language Processing
Listening Comprehension
Measures (Individuals)
Phrase Structure
Reaction Time
Relative Clauses
Second Language Instruction
Second Language Learning
Sentences
Syntactic Structures
syntax
web-based
working memory
ISSN:0958-8221, 1744-3210
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Summary:This paper addresses the comprehension of relative clauses in audio prompts using online listening exercises implemented in a classroom. Reaction time to short and long sentences containing subject and object relative clauses was assessed in subjects attending an intensive ESL course for graduate students. The results indicate the possibility that learners shift resources when processing more syntactically complex audio prompts, such as those with object relatives. This shift from a discrete measure such as accuracy to a continuous variable like reaction time accommodates theoretical frameworks which do not rely on categorical paradigms of learning.
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ISSN:0958-8221
1744-3210
DOI:10.1080/09588220701865508