The Effects Of Visual Input Enhancement On The Acquisition Of The English Passive Form

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Youcef REMACHE
Sarah MERROUCHE

Abstract

This study was set up to investigate the potentially facilitative
effects of using visually/textually enhanced materials on the
acquisition of the English passive form. Sixty students majoring
in Economics at Larbi Ben M’hidi University-Oum el Bouaghi,
were randomly assigned to two groups: a control group and an
experimental group. The experimental group received five authentic
texts in which the passive forms were textually enhanced, so to
promote their salience. The control group received the exact same
texts, but with no typographical interventions on them. The results
indicate that using visually enhanced materials significantly helped
the students learn the target form; this has been statistically proven
through different statistical tests both descriptive and inferential.

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REMACHE , Y., & MERROUCHE, S. (2019). The Effects Of Visual Input Enhancement On The Acquisition Of The English Passive Form. AL-Lisaniyyat, 25(2), 75-95. https://doi.org/10.61850/allj.v25i2.186
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