The preamble to form-function mapping: The development of a theoretical construct to respond to elemental stages in the language-learner's processing of SE periphrastic verb forms [PowerPoint presentation]

dc.contributor.authorIbrahim Ali, Amina
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-01T20:24:11Z
dc.date.available2013-07-01T20:24:11Z
dc.date.issued2013-07-01
dc.descriptionPaper presented at the Biennial Conference of The University of the West Indies Schools of Education, 23-25 April, 2013, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobagoen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study set out to explicate, through a grounded-theory methodology, the ways in which learners (n=30) were negotiating the constituent parts of written Standard English (SE) periphrastic verb forms. The research questions were: 1) What sources of error are revealed by the methodological process of gathering and analysing periphrastic verb forms from formal and informal written assessments in the communicative ESL classroom where isolated focus on form is adopted? 2) How can these sources of error inform the creation of a theoretical framework with practical applicability that would redound to the benefit of grammar instruction, assessment and feedback? 3) What are the effects of text-bound instruction on the language-learning process? The explanatory theory concluded that learners were cognitively burdened. The operational theory set out to reduce: 1) intrinsic cognitive load, which emanated from the difficulty of the material to be learnt and 2) extraneous cognitive load, which resulted from weak instructional methods. An examination of written assessments generated from a group of learners (n=9) who benefitted from modifications to the instructional design showed that far more whole SE periphrastic verb forms were applied, the random application of forms was exceptional and approximations and lexical associations were fewer and not distributed in as many environmentsen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/15771
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectLanguage educationen_US
dc.subjectEnglish as a Second Languageen_US
dc.subjectLanguage usageen_US
dc.subjectLinguisticsen_US
dc.subjectConference papersen_US
dc.subjectTrinidad and Tobagoen_US
dc.titleThe preamble to form-function mapping: The development of a theoretical construct to respond to elemental stages in the language-learner's processing of SE periphrastic verb forms [PowerPoint presentation]en_US
dc.typePresentationen_US

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 2 of 2
Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Preamble to Form-Function Mapping Supplement Ibrahim Ali.pdf
Size:
195.68 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Preamble to Form-Function Mapping Ibrahim Ali.pdf
Size:
1.07 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.71 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description: