An Investigation into the Effects of Structured Input, Referential Activities, and Affective Activities on the Acquisition of English Causative Forms
The present study was conducted to investigate the relative effect of structured input, referential activities, and affective activities on the acquisition of English causative forms. The processing of English causative structures is hindered by The First Noun Principle. Forty-one school-age Chinese...
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| description | The present study was conducted to investigate the relative effect of structured input, referential activities, and affective activities on the acquisition of English causative forms. The processing of English causative structures is hindered by The First Noun Principle. Forty-one school-age Chinese learners of English as a second language were assigned to three treatment groups: (1) Structured input group; (2) Referential-only group; (3) Affective-only group. This classroom-based study adopted a pretest-posttest design. The test in the study assessed the interpretation and production of the target feature at the sentence level. Results showed that the structured input group, and the referential-only group made significant improvements in both the interpretation and production of English causative structure, while the affective-only group yielded almost no learning gains from pre-test to post-test. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-24c2c72e3ba8431aac67167c1fc1ab002024-02-23T15:24:22ZengMDPI AGLanguages2226-471X2024-01-01923910.3390/languages9020039An Investigation into the Effects of Structured Input, Referential Activities, and Affective Activities on the Acquisition of English Causative FormsZhihui Zhong0Alessandro Giovanni Benati1Centre for Applied English Studies, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, ChinaSchool of Education, University College Dublin, D04 V1W8 Dublin, IrelandThe present study was conducted to investigate the relative effect of structured input, referential activities, and affective activities on the acquisition of English causative forms. The processing of English causative structures is hindered by The First Noun Principle. Forty-one school-age Chinese learners of English as a second language were assigned to three treatment groups: (1) Structured input group; (2) Referential-only group; (3) Affective-only group. This classroom-based study adopted a pretest-posttest design. The test in the study assessed the interpretation and production of the target feature at the sentence level. Results showed that the structured input group, and the referential-only group made significant improvements in both the interpretation and production of English causative structure, while the affective-only group yielded almost no learning gains from pre-test to post-test.https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/9/2/39input processingstructured input activitiesreferential activitiesaffective activitiesEnglish causative forms |
| spellingShingle | Zhihui Zhong Alessandro Giovanni Benati An Investigation into the Effects of Structured Input, Referential Activities, and Affective Activities on the Acquisition of English Causative Forms Languages input processing structured input activities referential activities affective activities English causative forms |
| title | An Investigation into the Effects of Structured Input, Referential Activities, and Affective Activities on the Acquisition of English Causative Forms |
| title_full | An Investigation into the Effects of Structured Input, Referential Activities, and Affective Activities on the Acquisition of English Causative Forms |
| title_fullStr | An Investigation into the Effects of Structured Input, Referential Activities, and Affective Activities on the Acquisition of English Causative Forms |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Investigation into the Effects of Structured Input, Referential Activities, and Affective Activities on the Acquisition of English Causative Forms |
| title_short | An Investigation into the Effects of Structured Input, Referential Activities, and Affective Activities on the Acquisition of English Causative Forms |
| title_sort | investigation into the effects of structured input referential activities and affective activities on the acquisition of english causative forms |
| topic | input processing structured input activities referential activities affective activities English causative forms |
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