Author/Authors :
Biria, Reza Department of English - Khorasgan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran , Ameri Golestan, Ahmad Department of English - Majlesi Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
Abstract :
This study examines the impact of syntactic priming on the production and
retention of indirect questions by Iranian learners of English as a foreign language
(EFL). Eighty learners participated in two experiments investigating the impact of
syntactic priming on oral production and retention of indirect questions.
Experiment 1 showed that priming resulted in increased production of the target
structure by the Experimental groups as compared with production by the
Control groups. Experiment 2 showed that the rate of production of the target
structure remained significantly higher for participants in the Experimental
groups one day later.
Keywords :
language learning , retention , language production , syntactic priming
