Discourse analysis showed that learners were able to use each other as resources and other cultural tools available in the environment, thereby co-constructing knowledge about English articles. Some L2 learners master the target language with a high level of proficiency. Others seem to experience much more difficulty reaching their potential. The presenters share findings on which strategies are used by more successful L2 learners. The findings indicate significant differences between the two groups, suggesting importance of discourse context in teaching these verbs.
Effective narration calls for three different ways of representing past events.
The presenter gives evidence of these three representations of narrative progression, and shows that the advanced L2 learners examined here defeat their narrative purpose by failing to use the correct narrative mode in the fulfillment of its intended function. This presentation synthesizes current knowledge about acquisition of narrative skills by adults in tense, aspect, and idiomatic and colloquial usage.