This study investigates the effects of alignment in the narrative and expository continuation tasks.Two groups of English learners(N=50)in a Chinese university were required to continue one narrative essay and one exp...This study investigates the effects of alignment in the narrative and expository continuation tasks.Two groups of English learners(N=50)in a Chinese university were required to continue one narrative essay and one expository essay,both of which had an English version and a Chinese version.The analysis of the data using the Antconc software demonstrated that the effects of alignment occurred in the two types of continued compositions to some extent.And learners committed fewer errors when continuing the English-version task.In addition,learners were required to complete a questionnaire.The questionnaire results showed that the continuation task,as a practical teaching mode,can facilitate the students’writing and learning.展开更多
The Continuation Task is the integration of input and output language knowledge that generates a bidirectional alignment effect.When teachers apply Continuation-task Teaching Method,writing quality of students can be ...The Continuation Task is the integration of input and output language knowledge that generates a bidirectional alignment effect.When teachers apply Continuation-task Teaching Method,writing quality of students can be improved effectively.This paper makes a systematic study on the relationship between Continuation Task and L2 Writing from the perspective of theoretical basis and necessity.展开更多
This research tries to employ the method of continuation task of L2-English writing in flipped class.It will combine reading with writing,build creative use of language on imitation and enables learners to immediately...This research tries to employ the method of continuation task of L2-English writing in flipped class.It will combine reading with writing,build creative use of language on imitation and enables learners to immediately use what are learned,which will integrate language production with language comprehension and enhance use of learned L2 forms.This continuation task of L2-English writing method tries to work out how L2 learning is motivated more by tasks with contents created by others than by learners'own needs to use the target language and to what extent L2 learners’interlanguage is aligned with the input text in a story continuation task of L2-English writing and how to develop the native-like patterns through explicit instruction and implicit learning.展开更多
The continuation task (Wang & Wang, 2014) proves to have language learning potentials by many empirical studies (Peng, 2018). This study intends to explore its underlining alignment mechanisms through two continua...The continuation task (Wang & Wang, 2014) proves to have language learning potentials by many empirical studies (Peng, 2018). This study intends to explore its underlining alignment mechanisms through two continuation tasks on English materi-als called Chon and Charles by two Chinese linguistics-major graduates (EFL learners). The results show that alignment is ubiqui-tous both linguistically and thematically, and the reading and writing are tightly coupled. This indicates that the continuation task will significantly benefit second language writing pedagogy if applied appropriately.展开更多
文摘This study investigates the effects of alignment in the narrative and expository continuation tasks.Two groups of English learners(N=50)in a Chinese university were required to continue one narrative essay and one expository essay,both of which had an English version and a Chinese version.The analysis of the data using the Antconc software demonstrated that the effects of alignment occurred in the two types of continued compositions to some extent.And learners committed fewer errors when continuing the English-version task.In addition,learners were required to complete a questionnaire.The questionnaire results showed that the continuation task,as a practical teaching mode,can facilitate the students’writing and learning.
文摘The Continuation Task is the integration of input and output language knowledge that generates a bidirectional alignment effect.When teachers apply Continuation-task Teaching Method,writing quality of students can be improved effectively.This paper makes a systematic study on the relationship between Continuation Task and L2 Writing from the perspective of theoretical basis and necessity.
文摘This research tries to employ the method of continuation task of L2-English writing in flipped class.It will combine reading with writing,build creative use of language on imitation and enables learners to immediately use what are learned,which will integrate language production with language comprehension and enhance use of learned L2 forms.This continuation task of L2-English writing method tries to work out how L2 learning is motivated more by tasks with contents created by others than by learners'own needs to use the target language and to what extent L2 learners’interlanguage is aligned with the input text in a story continuation task of L2-English writing and how to develop the native-like patterns through explicit instruction and implicit learning.
文摘The continuation task (Wang & Wang, 2014) proves to have language learning potentials by many empirical studies (Peng, 2018). This study intends to explore its underlining alignment mechanisms through two continuation tasks on English materi-als called Chon and Charles by two Chinese linguistics-major graduates (EFL learners). The results show that alignment is ubiqui-tous both linguistically and thematically, and the reading and writing are tightly coupled. This indicates that the continuation task will significantly benefit second language writing pedagogy if applied appropriately.
