The purpose of the study was to activate the passive lexical knowledge through noticing and to investigate the effect of sentence writing as the post task of noticing activity on strengthening the effect of noticing. Forty-two Iranian female adult upper-intermediate English students of a state university in 2 homogenous groups participated in noticing the lexical items whose production were not...

this study was an attempt to explore the role that the increased perceptual saliency of l2 input features or output flaws and hereby promoting l2 learners’ noticing (through planned instructional activities) can play in the learners’ use of correct english intonation patterns. the participants were 80 iranian efl students attending four intact classes, two low-intermediate and two upper-interme...

OBJECTIVES To examine the salience of tobacco marketing on postsecondary campuses and student support for tobacco control policies. METHODS Face-to-face surveys were conducted with 1690 students at 3 universities in southwestern Ontario. RESULTS Virtually all (97%) students reported noticing tobacco marketing in the past year, and 35% reported noticing marketing on campus. There was strong ...

Abstract Teachers’ noticing of students’ mathematical thinking plays an important role in supporting student learning. Yet little is known about how online professional development (PD)—a growing setting for PD the USA—can cultivate this noticing. Here, we explore potential using two tools engaging video to support K-2 teachers’ context a six-week video-based program. While participating progra...

This paper addresses the integrated tracking and identification problem of a manoeuvring reentry target that performs intentional lateral manoeuvres to disrupt ground radars. Unlike previous approaches, prior knowledge lift-induced drag is incorporated into new model describe dynamics more explicitly. can account for constraint between lift drag, which beneficial in ensuring reliability state e...

With the aim of more emphasis on pragmatics and its inclusion in EFL classrooms, this study attempted to investigate the effectiveness of obtrusive and unobtrusive focus on form instructions on learners’ pragmatic performance of criticizing in English. 54 Iranian learners, all at intermediate level, participated in this study, and they were divided into three groups: 19 participants receiving o...