چکیده

Most L2 learners are reported to omit English articles in their output. As most formulaic expressions include one of English articles, this study attempted to find whether elicitation of these expressions in pushed output might accelerate use of articles in L2 learners’ production. this study, then, aimed to investigate the impact of learning formulaic L2 expressions on English article use (a, the, and zero article) by young EFL learners. To this end, 41 young EFL learners were divided into one experimental and one control group. To determine the effects of using formulaic expressions, the participants in both groups were exposed to formulae and were required to memorize them. The experimental group practiced the formulae via performing translation tasks such that they had to produce expressions and hence the articles. The control group practiced the same formulaic expressions via usual input tasks. The results of the posttest revealed that young learners were more sensitive to input and acquired overt morphology of +definiteness faster than adults. However, their problem with other grammatical features of English articles showed compatibility with reported properties of adult learners’ performance.

کليدواژه ها

formulaic expressions, article, accuracy, young EFLlearners, pushed output, translation

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Manijeh Youhanaee , 1398 , Young EFL learners’ article use and the role of formulaic language , اولين کنفرانس بين المللي مطالعات زبان انگليسي