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THE ROLES OF MODIFIED INPUT AND OUTPUT IN THEINCIDENTAL ACQUISITION OF WORD MEANINGS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 1999

Rod Ellis  and
Xien He
Rod Ellis
Affiliation:
University of Auckland
Xien He
Affiliation:
Temple University
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Abstract

This article reports an experimental study of the differential effects of premodified input, interactionally modified input, and modified output on the comprehension of directions in a listen-and-do task and the acquisition of new words embedded in the directions. The modified output group achieved higher comprehension and vocabulary acquisition scores than either of the input groups. There was no difference between the premodified and interactionally modified input groups. The advantage of the modified output group is explained in terms of the qualitatively superior dialogic interaction that occurred in this condition rather than in terms of actual language production.

Type
Research Article
Information
Studies in Second Language Acquisition , Volume 21 , Issue 2 , June 1999 , pp. 285 - 301
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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