Exact repetition as input enhancement in second language acquisition

摘要: This study reports on two experiments input enhancement used to support learners' selection of focus attention in second language listening material. Eighty-four upper intermediate learners Spanish took part. The consisted video recordings quasi-spontaneous dialogues between native speakers, tests and treatment. Exact repetition speech rate reduction were examined for their effect comprehension, acquisition decoding strategies, linguistic features. Each three groups listened each utterance the dialogue times, different speed combinations: fast-slow-fast, fast-slow-slow, fast-fast-fast, respectively. A fourth group served as a baseline received no Comparisons pretest posttest scores showed significant effects all parameters. No difference with regard could be established treatment conditions.