Roberta G Abraham
Biographic Data
| ID | 5997505 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Roberta G Abraham |
| GIVEN NAMES | Roberta G |
| FAMILY NAME | Abraham |
| SIGNATURE | ABRAHAM R G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Iowa State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Cloze method
Considerable evidence suggests that cloze techniques can create tests which measure aspects of students' second language competence. However, it remains unclear how variations in the cloze procedure affect measurement. This study compared results obtained from cloze passages constructed from the same text using four different procedures: fixed-ratio, rational, (rational) multiple choice, and C-test. The four procedures produced tests similar in r…
Strategies of Unsuccessful Language Learners
Recent research on learning strategies has yielded conflicting findings and generated limited success in learner training. These problems may be rooted in inadequate knowledge of the actual strategies used by unsuccessful learners in contrast to what they report doing. The present study combines methods to probe the strategies of two nsuccessful learners—both Saudi Arabian women enrolled in an academically oriented intensive English program (IEP)…
Evaluating a Screening/Training Program for NNS Teaching Assistants
E Iowa State University, like many other institutions, has recently developed a program for screening potential teaching assistants (TAs) who are nonnative speakers (NNSs)-to see whether they have the necessary speaking proficiency and teaching skills to be placed in undergraduate classrooms-and for training those who demonstrate deficiencies. From the beginning, in 1984, we have attempted to assess the effectiveness of the program to discover ho…
Field Independence-Dependence and the Teaching of Grammar
The cognitive style of field independence (the tendency to differentiate objects from their surroundings) has been shown in a number of studies to be related to success in second language classrooms in which deductive teaching dominates. The purpose of the study reported in this article was to discover whether less rule-oriented teaching might prove more beneficial for field-dependent students. A pretest/post-test design was used to compare the e…
Patterns in the Use of the Present Tense Third Person Singular -s by University-Level ESL Speakers
Krashen's distinction between acquisition and learning has been discussed widely in the recent ESL literature. Reported here are two studies of oral performance by university ESL students which show patterns of use of the present tense third person singular morpheme (-s) that are interpreted in terms of this distinction. In the first study, speech taken to represent the acquired language system was elicited by asking subjects to talk about severa…
Science and Technology in the Development of Modern China
Strategies of Unsuccessful Language Learners
Recent research on learning strategies has yielded conflicting findings and generated limited success in learner training. These problems may be rooted in inadequate knowledge of the actual strategies used by unsuccessful learners in contrast to what they report doing. The present study combines methods to probe the strategies of two nsuccessful learners—both Saudi Arabian women enrolled in an academically oriented intensive English program (IEP)…
Field Independence-Dependence and the Teaching of Grammar
The cognitive style of field independence (the tendency to differentiate objects from their surroundings) has been shown in a number of studies to be related to success in second language classrooms in which deductive teaching dominates. The purpose of the study reported in this article was to discover whether less rule-oriented teaching might prove more beneficial for field-dependent students. A pretest/post-test design was used to compare the e…
Evaluating a Screening/Training Program for NNS Teaching Assistants
E Iowa State University, like many other institutions, has recently developed a program for screening potential teaching assistants (TAs) who are nonnative speakers (NNSs)-to see whether they have the necessary speaking proficiency and teaching skills to be placed in undergraduate classrooms-and for training those who demonstrate deficiencies. From the beginning, in 1984, we have attempted to assess the effectiveness of the program to discover ho…
Science and Technology in the Development of Modern China
Patterns in the Use of the Present Tense Third Person Singular -s by University-Level ESL Speakers
Krashen's distinction between acquisition and learning has been discussed widely in the recent ESL literature. Reported here are two studies of oral performance by university ESL students which show patterns of use of the present tense third person singular morpheme (-s) that are interpreted in terms of this distinction. In the first study, speech taken to represent the acquired language system was elicited by asking subjects to talk about severa…
Field Independence-Dependence and the Teaching of Grammar
The cognitive style of field independence (the tendency to differentiate objects from their surroundings) has been shown in a number of studies to be related to success in second language classrooms in which deductive teaching dominates. The purpose of the study reported in this article was to discover whether less rule-oriented teaching might prove more beneficial for field-dependent students. A pretest/post-test design was used to compare the e…
Evaluating a Screening/Training Program for NNS Teaching Assistants
E Iowa State University, like many other institutions, has recently developed a program for screening potential teaching assistants (TAs) who are nonnative speakers (NNSs)-to see whether they have the necessary speaking proficiency and teaching skills to be placed in undergraduate classrooms-and for training those who demonstrate deficiencies. From the beginning, in 1984, we have attempted to assess the effectiveness of the program to discover ho…
Cloze method
Considerable evidence suggests that cloze techniques can create tests which measure aspects of students' second language competence. However, it remains unclear how variations in the cloze procedure affect measurement. This study compared results obtained from cloze passages constructed from the same text using four different procedures: fixed-ratio, rational, (rational) multiple choice, and C-test. The four procedures produced tests similar in r…
Strategies of Unsuccessful Language Learners
Recent research on learning strategies has yielded conflicting findings and generated limited success in learner training. These problems may be rooted in inadequate knowledge of the actual strategies used by unsuccessful learners in contrast to what they report doing. The present study combines methods to probe the strategies of two nsuccessful learners—both Saudi Arabian women enrolled in an academically oriented intensive English program (IEP)…
Psychology (5 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (4 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Mathematics education (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Second Language Acquisition and Learning (3 works) · Mathematics (2 works) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (2 works) · Statistics (2 works)