#3896. Applying Constructionist Approaches to Teaching English Argument Structure Constructions to EFL Learners

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Abstract:
The present research investigated the effects of construction-based instruction on Korean English as a foreign language (EFL) learners’ production of the English argument structure constructions. Within the theoretical framework of construction grammar (Goldberg, 1995), the authors presented college students with English constructions in a hierarchical network and provided contextually meaningful visual scenes in connection with the language input. Results from translation and guided writing tasks revealed that learners who received construction-based instruction outperformed those who received form-centred instruction in both immediate and delayed posttests. Only those learners who were presented with the target constructions in a network hierarchy maintained improved performance in the delayed posttest.
Keywords:
English argument structure; network hierarchy; foreign language learners

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