Collaborative Syntactic Priming Activities and EFL Learners' Production of Wh-questions

Autor/inn/en	McDonough, Kim; Chaikitmongkol, Wanpen
Titel	Collaborative Syntactic Priming Activities and EFL Learners' Production of Wh-questions
Quelle	In: Canadian Modern Language Review, 66 (2010) 6, S.817-841 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0008-4506
DOI	10.3138/cmlr.66.6.817
Schlagwörter	Priming; Verbs; Syntax; Thai; Second Language Learning; Teaching Methods; Universities; Foreign Countries; Bachelors Degrees; Questioning Techniques; Class Activities; Thailand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; University; Universität; Ausland; 'Bachelor''s degrees'; Bachelor-Studiengang; Befragungstechnik; Fragetechnik
Abstract	Syntactic priming is the tendency for a speaker to produce a structure that was encountered in recent discourse and is measured by calculating how frequently speakers use the modelled structures as opposed to alternatives. Recent lab-based studies have shown that carrying out syntactic priming activities with trained interlocutors positively affects Thai EFL learners' subsequent production of wh-questions. The current study explores whether carrying out priming activities with peers in a classroom context also facilitates subsequent production. In their integrated skills English course, Thai EFL learners (N = 42) either completed collaborative syntactic priming activities or followed the regular curriculum. Analysis of post-test data indicated that learners who carried out the priming activities subsequently produced significantly more wh-questions with supplied auxiliary verbs than learners who followed the regular curriculum. Pedagogical considerations for the use of collaborative syntactic priming activities in L2 classrooms are discussed. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10