Dialogue Recitation and CFL Learners’ Production of Formulaic Expressions
Year: 2016
Type: article
Study design: Clinical Trial
Abstract: This study examined American learners’ spoken production of formulaic expressions in Chinese after receiving ten weeks of instruction comprised of dialogue recitation and question-answer drills. Students’ speech samples were collected through an oral interview test at the end of the instruction period. The results suggested a positive effect of dialogue recitation on learners’ spoken production of formulaic expressions. The follow-up interviews with the selected high-performing and low-performing learners revealed that high performers used more deep mental processing strategies to make associations and elaborations when learning formulaic expressions, whereas low performers tended to remain in the stage of rote memorization and hence had difficulties in the application of the expressions to a new situation. The results indicate that rote memorization offers the time needed to process the new formulaic expression, while association and elaboration provide the chances of long-term retention and the ability of application.
Author: Jia Yang
Institution: University of Dayton
Language: English
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3001302852