Abstract To probe the limits of attention raising through form-focused instruction, second-language research must adapt to needs a technologically driven learning environment. In this study, we used randomized control design investigate effect captioned media on vocabulary and grammar in L2 Spanish ( n = 369 learners). Through four data-collection sessions, participants were presented with gram...

ix I Categorial Type Logics 1 1 The Logical Approach in Linguistics 3 1.1 Rule-Based Categorial Grammars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.1.1 Classical Categorial Grammar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1.1.2 Combinatory Categorial Grammar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.2 A Logic of Types: Lambek 1958 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1.2.1 Parsing ...

By weakly ambiguous (finite) transducers we mean those transducers that, although being ambiguous, may be viewed to be at arm’s length from unambiguity. We define input-unambiguous (IU) and input-deterministic (ID) transducers, and transducers with finite codomain (FC). IU transductions are characterized by nondeterministic bimachines and ID transductions can be represented as a composition of ...

This paper presents results from two experiments which used computer-based grammar and teacher-driven grammar (chalk and talk) instructional methods. Each method involves teaching verb tenses using two deductive approaches (a) the initial rule-oriented approach (involves initial presentation of explicit rules followed by illustrative examples) and (b) the structure-guessing approach (involves e...

This response to Azar (this volume) intends to discuss from an academic's perspective the main points raised in her paper (i.e., grammar-based instruction and its relation to focus on form and error correction) and, to encourage a more concept-based approach to grammar instruction (CBT). A CBT approach to language development argues that the conceptual nature of grammatical forms is best expres...

The purpose of the current study was to explore effects differentiated instruction, a neglected instructional practice in Ethiopia EFL class contemporary diverse classroom situations. To achieve this purpose, adopted quasi-experimental design and randomly selected two intact classes consisting 84 grade 12 students (CG:43, EG:41) pre-tested prove comparability students’ grammar learning achievem...

This experimental study examined the effectiveness of using focused and unfocused tasks on Iranian intermediate EFL learners’ performance in producing noun, adjective, and adverb clauses. In addition,the aim of this study was to explore the effects of form-focused instruction and the feedback students received from their teacher after doing focused grammar tasks. Data consisted of the scores of...

In this paper we present the set-oriented bottom-up parsing system AMOS which is a major application of the deductive database system LOLA. AMOS supports the morpho-syntactical analysis of old Hebrew and has now been operationally used by linguists for a couple of years. The system allows the declarative specification of Definite Clause Grammar rules. Due to the set-oriented bottom-up evaluatio...