This study employed (and reports in detail) systematic procedures for research synthesis
and meta‐analysis to summarize findings from experimental and quasi‐experimental …

A meta‐analysis was conducted to investigate the effects of explicit and implicit instruction
on the acquisition of simple and complex grammatical features in English. The target …

This book offers an in-depth explanation of Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) and the
methods necessary to implement it in the language classroom successfully. Combines a …

ABSTRACT A number of issues concerning the role of consciousness in foreign language
learning are identified, defined, and shown to be essentially the same as issues that have …

More than a decade has passed since Norris and Ortega's (2000) seminal meta-analysis on
the effectiveness of instruction in L2 learning. This line of research has matured for another …

This study is a fine-grained analysis of extensive empirical data on the automatization of
explicitly learned rules of morphosyntax in a second language. Sixty-one subjects were …

1.3 The rule-governed nature of language 4 1.4 Language universals, innateness, and
creativity 5 1.5 Animal communication codes 7 2. The nature of grammar 7 2.1 Definitions of …

Background Information: David Litz has completed a BA, BEd, and an MA in TESL/TEFL. He
is presently working towards a doctorate in Educational Administration and Management …

This article examines the Noticing Hypothesis–the claim that second language learners
must consciously notice the grammatical form of their input in order to acquire grammar. I …

Activities describes Corpus Linguistics (CL) and its many relevant, creative, and engaging
applications to language teaching and learning for teachers and practitioners in TESOL and …