The effects of paper-based DDL on the acquisition of lexico-grammatical patterns in L2 writing

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Volume: 26, Issue: 2, Pages: 163 - 183
Published: May 1, 2014
Abstract
This paper examines whether and to what extent data-driven learning (DDL) activities can improve the lexico-grammatical use of abstract nouns in L2 writing. A topic-based corpus was compiled to develop concordance learning activities, and 40 Chinese students majoring in English were randomly assigned to a control group or an experimental group. At the prewriting stage, both groups were given a list of five abstract nouns: the experimental group...
Paper Details
Title
The effects of paper-based DDL on the acquisition of lexico-grammatical patterns in L2 writing
Published Date
May 1, 2014
Journal
Volume
26
Issue
2
Pages
163 - 183
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