L3 English lexico-grammatical growth in at home and study abroad learning contexts
- Juan Garau, Maria
- Salazar Noguera, Joana
- Prieto Arranz, José Igor
- Lorenzo Modia, María Jesús (ed. lit.)
- Alonso Giráldez, José Miguel (ed. lit.)
- Amenedo Costa, Mónica (ed. lit.)
- Cabarcos-Traseira, María J. (ed. lit.)
- Lasa Álvarez, Begoña (ed. lit.)
Editorial: Servizo de Publicacións ; Universidade da Coruña
ISBN: 978-84-9749-278-2
Año de publicación: 2008
Páginas: 329-338
Congreso: Asociación Española de Estudios Anglo-Norteamericanos. Congreso (31. 2007. A Coruña)
Tipo: Aportación congreso
Resumen
In the present article two different L3 learning contexts are distinguished: formal instruction at the home university (AH) and study abroad (SA). We analyse the effect of both learning contexts on EFL students' lexico-grammatical development. A study was carried out with 31 subjects in order to compare and contrast their linguistic performance as measured by a cloze and a sentence rephrasing test at three different data collection times: at the beginning of their formal instruction period at the home university (T1), after 80 hours of formal instruction AH and prior to SA (T2), and after a compulsory three-month SA in a target language country (T3). Statistically significant findings were found for L3 learners' linguistic improvement over time in both learning contexts. Implications of the study are presented and discussed.