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Responses to Recasts: Repetitions, Primed Production, and Linguistic Development

McDonough, Kim, Mackey, Alison·2006·Language Learning
DOI 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2006.00393.x
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Although a number of studies have associated recasts with second language development, the actual mechanisms by which recasts work to impact learning are still little understood. In particular, researchers have sought to gain a deeper understanding of the connections among recasts, learners' responses to recasts, and subsequent development. To this end, the current study examines the impact of recasts and different types of responses on English as a second language (ESL) question development. In a pretest/posttest design, 58 Thai English as a foreign language university students carried out a series of communicative tasks with native English speakers and completed four tests over a 9‐week period. The learners' treatment task data were analyzed for the occurrence of recasts and responses to recasts that targeted developmentally advanced question forms. Their test data were examined for evidence of advancement to a higher stage in the developmental sequence for question formation. Results indicate that recasts were a significant predictor of ESL question development. Learners' responses in the form of primed production of the question forms targeted in the recasts were also predictive of ESL question development, but responses in the form of immediate repetitions of recasts were not associated with development.

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  • In McDonough and Mackey (2006), immediate repetition was not associated with L2 development.

    “Immediate repetition was not.”

    From Position paper: Moving task-based language teaching forward (2017) · cites this paper as McDonough and Mackey (2006)

  • McDonough and Mackey (2006) found that primed repetition of recasts, occurring within six turns rather than immediately, was linked to L2 development.

    “They found that what they called 'primed repetition' of the recasts (i.e.repetition that did not take place immediately following the recasts but within six turns) was associated with L2 development.”

    From Position paper: Moving task-based language teaching forward (2017) · cites this paper as McDonough and Mackey (2006)

  • The primed repetition in McDonough and Mackey (2006) could be considered closer to an immediate than a delayed response.

    “However, it could be argued that the 'primed repetition' in this study was closer to an immediate than a delayed response.”

    From Position paper: Moving task-based language teaching forward (2017) · cites this paper as McDonough and Mackey (2006)

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Authors
McDonough, K., & Mackey, A.
Affiliations
  • Northern Arizona University (US)
  • Georgetown University (US)
Corresponding author
McDonough, Kim
ORCID
Venue
Language Learning
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2006-11-03
Volume
56
Issue
4
Pages
693-720
ISSN
  • 0023-8333 (ISSN-L)
  • 1467-9922
DOI
10.1111/j.1467-9922.2006.00393.x
OpenAlex
W2057975136
Cited by
259
References
65
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 28 · 2019: 34 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 13 · 2016: 15 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 31 · 2013: 17 · 2012: 19
FWCI
70.48
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations
  • Language Learning (publishedVersion)
  • Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Second Language Acquisition and Learning
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Linguistics and Language Analysis
Keywords
recasts, second language acquisition, question formation, repetition, student response, English as a second language, Thai learners of English, developmental sequence, communicative tasks, native speaker interaction

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