Schemata and Second Language Acquisition.

Autor/in	Cullen, Thomas
Titel	Schemata and Second Language Acquisition.
Quelle	(1996), (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Achievement Gains; Cognitive Processes; English (Second Language); Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Metacognition; Notional Functional Syllabi; Schemata (Cognition); Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Second Languages + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Funktional-notionaler Ansatz; Cognition; Schema; Kognition; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Second language; Zweitsprache
Abstract	A study applying schema theory to the teaching and learning of second language linguistic structures is reported. Subjects were students in the English language program of an Austrian university's school of business administration. The experimental groups received 8 hours of instruction in the schematic attributes of learning processes and then taught lessons from the regular notional-functional syllabus. The control groups were taught only the syllabus. All groups were compared on their performance on a multiple-choice test. Results indicate that the experimental groups had significantly greater achievement gains on the target linguistic structures. It is concluded that schema training facilitates acquisition of both grammar and vocabulary and also inhibits language loss over time, perhaps by structuring information for better retention and recall. The results also suggest further directions for research in this area. Contains 47 references. (MSE)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC