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Synthesizing research on language learning and teaching /

This volume presents the first collection of work on research synthesis in applied linguistics. It introduces readers to a cutting-edge approach for reviewing and summarizing exactly what accumulated research has to say about theoretical and practical subjects. John Norris and Lourdes Ortega first e...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Norris, John M., 1967-, Ortega, Lourdes
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, Pa. : John Benjamins Pub., ©2006.
Series:Language learning and language teaching ; v. 13.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The value and practice of research synthesis for language learning and teaching / John M. Norris and Lourdes Ortega
  • Principles, parameters, and SLA : a retrospective meta-analytic investigation into adult L2 learners' access to Universal Grammar / Thomas H. Dinsmore
  • Investigating the empirical link between task-based interaction and acquisition : a meta-analysis / Casey M. Keck, Gina Iberri-Shea, Nicole Tracy-Ventura, and Safary Wa-Mbaleka
  • The effectiveness of corrective feedback for the acquisition of L2 grammar : a meta-analysis of the research / Jane Russell and Nina Spada
  • Effects of L2 instruction on interlanguage pragmatic development : a meta-analysis / Eun Hee Jeon and Tadayoshi Kaya
  • The effects of Explicit Reading Strategy Training on L2 reading comprehension : a meta-analysis / Alan Taylor, John R. Stevens, and J. William Asher
  • A meta-synthesis of qualitative research on effective teaching practices for English language learners / Kip Téllez and Hersh C. Waxman
  • Research synthesis and historiography : the case of assessment of second language proficiency / Margaret Thomas
  • Meta-analysis, human cognition, and language learning / Nick C. Ellis
  • Some reflections on the development of (meta-analytic) synthesis in second language research / Craig Chaudron.