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Exploring Explicit Instruction in Language Learning

Welcome to the "Exploring Explicit Instruction in Language Learning" quiz! This quiz is designed to test your knowledge and understanding of explicit instruction, its characteristics, and its effectiveness compared to implicit instruction.

Take this quiz to:

Learn about the nuances of explicit knowledge
Review findings from significant meta-analyses
Challenge your understanding of instructional methods

4 Questions1 MinutesCreated by TeachingTree42

What is explicit instruction?

A type of instruction where learners are told the rules or told to find the rules themselves

A type of instruction where learners are neither told the rules nor told to find the rules themselves; there is a focus on communication

Which of the following is characteristic of explicit knowledge?

It's conscious knowledge

It can be articulated

It's sometimes called knowledge about something

It's sometimes called tacit knowledge

What did Norris and Ortega's (2000) and Jeon and Kaya's (2006) meta-analyses find?

That implicit instruction is better than explicit instruction

That all types of instruction are equally effective

That there are not enough studies to answer this question

That explicit instruction is better than implicit instruction

True or false: There is one form of instruction that is significantly better than the others for all learners, proficiency levels, and linguistic targets

True

False

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Exploring Explicit Instruction in Language Learning

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