Next or Beyond Next: Effect of Contrastive Phrase-Based Treatment on Stage Gain Across Self-Paced and More Time-Constrained Tasks

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Payame Noor University

Abstract

This study explored the effect of contrastive phrase resynthesis instruction on
gaining the teachability hypothesis stages in self-paced versus time-constrained oral
production and recognition. Three groups (i.e., 23 learners) of high beginner female
learners in an English language institute were randomly selected from a cohort of
learners. One group received contrastive metalinguistic instruction on the concept
and structure of English phrases. The second group received the same instruction
only in English. The third group served as a comparison group. Self-Paced Picture
Differences Tests and Time-Constrained Oral and GJTs were used for collecting the
data. Chi-square analyses through Fisher’s Exact Test showed that the treatment,
especially in its contrastive form, significantly contributed to gaining next, next + 1,
and next + 2 stages in spontaneous oral production, but only to next + 1 and + 2
stages in self-paced oral production and time-constrained recognition. The
theoretical implications of the findings are discussed.

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Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics
Volume 6, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2
November 2015
Pages 3-20

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