Paper Experimental Studies into the Effects of Form-focused Instruction: Receptive versus Productive Treatments and the Acquisition of Tense in L2 English Jimmy Ureel (University of Amsterdam / Artesis University College Antwerp) Jan Hulstijn (University of Amsterdam)

Program Summary
Using data from several experimental studies into the effects of receptive and productive treatments on the acquisition of tense by intermediate to advanced L2 learners of English in CALL environments, we failed to find support for VanPatten’s input processing position or for DeKeyser’s skill-acquisition theory position.

Experimental Studies into the Effects of Form-focused Instruction: Receptive versus Productive Treatments and the Acquisition of Tense in L2 English