We report on a pilot experiment conducted in order to investigate whether computer-based conversational focused tasks promote acquisition of forms. The structure we targeted was the German dative case in prepositional phrases. The goal of the task we designed was two-fold: First, learners should improve their overall communicative skills in the scenario and, second, expand their mastery of the target structure. In this paper, we present an evaluation of learners’ progress on the latter.
Cite as: Wolska, M., Wilske, S. (2010) Form-focused task-oriented dialogues for computer assisted language learning: a pilot study on German dative. Proc. Second Language Studies: Acquisition, Learning, Education and Technology (L2WS 2010), paper P1-6
@inproceedings{wolska10_l2ws,
author={Magdalena Wolska and Sabrina Wilske},
title={{Form-focused task-oriented dialogues for computer assisted language learning: a pilot study on German dative}},
year=2010,
booktitle={Proc. Second Language Studies: Acquisition, Learning, Education and Technology (L2WS 2010)},
pages={paper P1-6}
}