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Exploring the effectiveness of DMFonF on English vocabulary and grammatical plural constructions among Malaysian preschoolers

This study explores the effectiveness of a novel second language instruction approach in a Malaysian preschool context. This approach is called Developmentally Moderated Focus-on-Form (DMFonF), an instructional intervention that integrates a communicative approach to second language teaching w...

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Main Authors: Rabiah Tul Adawiyah Mohamed Salleh,, Biase, Bruno Di, Kawaguchi, Satomi, Sharifah Fatin Athira Syed Uzir,
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Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2023
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22960/1/Gema_23_4_4.pdf
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spelling my-ukm.journal.229602024-02-06T03:28:44Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22960/ Exploring the effectiveness of DMFonF on English vocabulary and grammatical plural constructions among Malaysian preschoolers Rabiah Tul Adawiyah Mohamed Salleh, Biase, Bruno Di Kawaguchi, Satomi Sharifah Fatin Athira Syed Uzir, This study explores the effectiveness of a novel second language instruction approach in a Malaysian preschool context. This approach is called Developmentally Moderated Focus-on-Form (DMFonF), an instructional intervention that integrates a communicative approach to second language teaching with a ‘focus on form’ and a psycholinguistic theory of second language development, the Processability Theory. In this study, the development of six Malaysian preschool children (mean age =5.6) were investigated in a 10-week longitudinal study. Three children in the group received DMFonF in their English lessons and the other three children received no intervention. Data collection sessions were conducted at three different points over the 10 weeks to evaluate the children’s English development. The first data collection point, a pre-test, was conducted physically before the DMFonF intervention to establish the lexical and grammatical baseline of the children’s English development. The second data collection was conducted online after the first set of six face-to-face lessons with DMFonF. The third and final data set was also collected online after the completion of the second set of four online lessons. Results show that the children who received DMFonF instruction acquired English lexical and grammatical plural constructions, specifically the plural suffix -s and the plural noun phrase agreement (i.e., numeral quantifiers+ noun+ suffix-s) as taught in the DMFonF lessons; the children in the control group, however, acquired English lexical items but their grammatical skills did not change. The outcome of this study suggests that DMFonF is effective in triggering grammatical development and in further facilitating the learners’ lexical acquisition. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2023-11 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22960/1/Gema_23_4_4.pdf Rabiah Tul Adawiyah Mohamed Salleh, and Biase, Bruno Di and Kawaguchi, Satomi and Sharifah Fatin Athira Syed Uzir, (2023) Exploring the effectiveness of DMFonF on English vocabulary and grammatical plural constructions among Malaysian preschoolers. GEMA: Online Journal of Language Studies, 23 (4). pp. 56-78. ISSN 1675-8021 https://ejournal.ukm.my/gema/issue/view/1621
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description This study explores the effectiveness of a novel second language instruction approach in a Malaysian preschool context. This approach is called Developmentally Moderated Focus-on-Form (DMFonF), an instructional intervention that integrates a communicative approach to second language teaching with a ‘focus on form’ and a psycholinguistic theory of second language development, the Processability Theory. In this study, the development of six Malaysian preschool children (mean age =5.6) were investigated in a 10-week longitudinal study. Three children in the group received DMFonF in their English lessons and the other three children received no intervention. Data collection sessions were conducted at three different points over the 10 weeks to evaluate the children’s English development. The first data collection point, a pre-test, was conducted physically before the DMFonF intervention to establish the lexical and grammatical baseline of the children’s English development. The second data collection was conducted online after the first set of six face-to-face lessons with DMFonF. The third and final data set was also collected online after the completion of the second set of four online lessons. Results show that the children who received DMFonF instruction acquired English lexical and grammatical plural constructions, specifically the plural suffix -s and the plural noun phrase agreement (i.e., numeral quantifiers+ noun+ suffix-s) as taught in the DMFonF lessons; the children in the control group, however, acquired English lexical items but their grammatical skills did not change. The outcome of this study suggests that DMFonF is effective in triggering grammatical development and in further facilitating the learners’ lexical acquisition.
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author Rabiah Tul Adawiyah Mohamed Salleh,
Biase, Bruno Di
Kawaguchi, Satomi
Sharifah Fatin Athira Syed Uzir,
spellingShingle Rabiah Tul Adawiyah Mohamed Salleh,
Biase, Bruno Di
Kawaguchi, Satomi
Sharifah Fatin Athira Syed Uzir,
Exploring the effectiveness of DMFonF on English vocabulary and grammatical plural constructions among Malaysian preschoolers
author_facet Rabiah Tul Adawiyah Mohamed Salleh,
Biase, Bruno Di
Kawaguchi, Satomi
Sharifah Fatin Athira Syed Uzir,
author_sort Rabiah Tul Adawiyah Mohamed Salleh,
title Exploring the effectiveness of DMFonF on English vocabulary and grammatical plural constructions among Malaysian preschoolers
title_short Exploring the effectiveness of DMFonF on English vocabulary and grammatical plural constructions among Malaysian preschoolers
title_full Exploring the effectiveness of DMFonF on English vocabulary and grammatical plural constructions among Malaysian preschoolers
title_fullStr Exploring the effectiveness of DMFonF on English vocabulary and grammatical plural constructions among Malaysian preschoolers
title_full_unstemmed Exploring the effectiveness of DMFonF on English vocabulary and grammatical plural constructions among Malaysian preschoolers
title_sort exploring the effectiveness of dmfonf on english vocabulary and grammatical plural constructions among malaysian preschoolers
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2023
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22960/1/Gema_23_4_4.pdf
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https://ejournal.ukm.my/gema/issue/view/1621
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