dictogloss the role of reconstruction tasks on noticing.pptVIP

Dictogloss: The Role of Reconstruction Tasks on Noticing Nesrin Oru? ?zmir University of Economics, Turkey nesrin.oruc@ieu.edu.tr Outline Noticing and Acquisition Attention Drawing Techniques Visually Enhanced Input Processing Instruction Pushed Output Reformulation Reconstruction Dictogloss The Study Why did I do this? “No noticing, no acquisition” (Ellis, 1995) Doughty (2003: 288) two recent lines of research: processing instruction studies and focus on form studies the fundamental question of how L2 learner attention can most efficiently be directed to cues in the input Investigate the possible effects of processing instruction, visually enhanced input and pushed output in grammar instruction by Turkish learners. Experimental Pre-post-delayed post test 4 groups Pushed Output Pushed Output No matter what type of instruction is used, the model of language acquisition that informs mainstream SLA identifies three main processes: intake, acquisition and language production (Ellis, 2001). Traditionally, language instruction has been aimed at the last of these processes since for many second language learners and teachers, being able to produce the language (i.e., output) is generally considered to constitute an important part of L2 learning. However, precisely how beneficial it is to produce language is often not so clear: how, and in what degree does producing the L2 help learners? Reformulation Reconstruction Reformulation: Rather than simply correcting a student’s composition, which usually involves attention to surface features of the text only, the teacher reformulates it, using the content the student has provided, but recasting it so that the rewritten draft approximates as closely as possible to a putative target language model (Thornbury, 1997). Reformulation Reconstruction Reconstruction: Unlike reformulation, the starting point of reconstruction activities is the teacher’s text, which the learner first reads and then reconstructs (Thornbury, 199