Pattern practice revisited: from syntax to sense and positive emotions

dc.contributor.authorScheffler, Paweł
dc.contributor.authorButzkamm, Wolfgang
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-09T07:08:51Z
dc.date.available2019-07-09T07:08:51Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractFor many second and foreign language learners, the goal of language instruction is fluent oral performance. Such performance can be achieved if the mechanisms underlying L2 performance have been automatized. It is generally recognized that promoting automaticity in the classroom requires massive repetition and consistent practice, which, however, need to correspond to conditions of use in order for transfer into real speech to take place. It is also often acknowledged that meeting these requirements in classroom instruction is very difficult as traditional repetitive practice activities often take time away from communicative language use and fail to induce positive emotions in learners. In this article, we take a fresh look at the theory behind, and the implementation of, pattern practice. We begin by arguing that it is construction grammar that provides a theoretical foundation for pattern practice. We also demonstrate that monolingual drills in the audiolingual method marginalized meaning and were often mechanical. We then present bilingual drills as an alternative exercise type which facilitates pattern recognition, oral repetition and focus on meaning. We show that referring to the native language makes it possible to localize and individualize the examples used and to induce positive emotions in the process. Finally, we discuss communicative drills and use transcripts of classroom interaction to demonstrate that repetitive practice, communication and positive emotions can all be combined.pl
dc.description.journaltitleNeofilologpl
dc.description.number1pl
dc.description.pageof89pl
dc.description.pageto101pl
dc.description.volume52pl
dc.identifier.citationNeofilolog vol. 52(1), 2019, pp. 89-101pl
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10593/24876
dc.language.isoengpl
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesspl
dc.subjectbilingual drills
dc.subjectnative language in learning English as a foreign language
dc.subjectpositive emotions
dc.subjectpattern practicepl
dc.titlePattern practice revisited: from syntax to sense and positive emotionspl
dc.typeArtykułpl

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