2008 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Noticing the gap, hypothesis testing, and the uptake of subsequent feedback

Research Project

Project/Area Number	19720144
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Foreign language education
Research Institution	Waseda University
Principal Investigator	SHEPPARD Chris Waseda University, 理工学術院, 准教授 (60350386)
Project Period (FY)	2007 – 2008
Keywords	第二言語習得 / フィードバック / アウトプット仮説 / 再生刺激法 / 言語教育
Research Abstract	1) Second language learners notice gaps in their linguistic knowledge and test hypotheses about language during oral production. 2) These gaps in knowledge orient language learners to information related to both their noticed gaps and their tested hypotheses about the language. 3) Information related to their noticed gaps and their tested hypotheses about the language is more likely to be incorporated into their subsequent output, perhaps resulting in learning. 4) Feedback is useful to learners when they have experienced a problem with oral production processes and are oriented towards feedback related to their problems.

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