Dictogloss: The Role of Reconstruction Tasks on Noticing
Year: 2012
Type: article
Study design: Clinical Trial
Abstract: The idea that noticing captures a key role in second language acquisition, made the practitioners in the field search for ways of promoting noticing. In order to focus the learners ’ attention to the form in the input, different attention gathering techniques, procedures and activities have been used. This study is an investigation of the role of dictogloss; a reconstruction activity popularized recently, as a task in promoting noticing. Two groups of Intermediate Turkish learners of English language (n=42) were given a pre-test before they were presented the same linguistic form by traditional Present-Practice-Produce method. The difference in the educational intervention was that, the experimental group was presented dictogloss activities in the Production stage of PPP. After 4 weeks of educational intervention, the groups were given the post-test, the results of which indicated the positive effect of dictogloss activity on noticing.
Source: DergiPark (Istanbul University)
Author: Nesrin Oruç
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2146012602