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The particular need for replication in the quantitative study of SLA : a case study of the mnemonic effect of assonance in collocations

Seth Lindstromberg and June Eyckmans (UGent)
(2017) JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN SECOND LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION. 1(1). p.126-136
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Recent surveys of published reports of quasi-experimental studies of second language acquisition (SLA) indicate that low statistical power is pervasive owing in large part to small average sample sizes. The surveys do not indicate a marked trend toward samples that are larger. After illustrating the problem of low power in SLA research, we review arguments that increased replication of original studies can enable small-sample quantitative researchers to make firmer contributions to the field of SLA, especially if estimation of effect sizes and the practice of on-going statistical meta-analysis become routine. As a case study, we describe a series of small-sample quasi-experiments of which the first five found a short term positive mnemonic effect of interword, intra-phrase vowel repetition (or assonance) on learners’ retention of the forms of L2 collocations (e.g. strong bond vs. firm hold), whereas a sixth study newly reported here found negative effects. The case study illustrates the roles of replication and meta-analysis in successive re-adjustments of an original estimate. More specifically, the case study illustrates a meta-analytic approach to making sense of conflicting outcomes. All in all, it illustrates why small-sample researchers need to adopt a more long-term view.
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Small-scale quantitative research, Meta-analysis, Replication, L2 phrase retention

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Lindstromberg, Seth, and June Eyckmans. “The Particular Need for Replication in the Quantitative Study of SLA : A Case Study of the Mnemonic Effect of Assonance in Collocations.” JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN SECOND LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION, vol. 1, no. 1, White Rose University Press, 2017, pp. 126–36, doi:10.22599/jesla.26.
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Lindstromberg, S., & Eyckmans, J. (2017). The particular need for replication in the quantitative study of SLA : a case study of the mnemonic effect of assonance in collocations. JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN SECOND LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION, 1(1), 126–136. https://doi.org/10.22599/jesla.26
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Lindstromberg, Seth, and June Eyckmans. 2017. “The Particular Need for Replication in the Quantitative Study of SLA : A Case Study of the Mnemonic Effect of Assonance in Collocations.” JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN SECOND LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION 1 (1): 126–36. https://doi.org/10.22599/jesla.26.
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Lindstromberg, Seth, and June Eyckmans. 2017. “The Particular Need for Replication in the Quantitative Study of SLA : A Case Study of the Mnemonic Effect of Assonance in Collocations.” JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN SECOND LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION 1 (1): 126–136. doi:10.22599/jesla.26.
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Lindstromberg S, Eyckmans J. The particular need for replication in the quantitative study of SLA : a case study of the mnemonic effect of assonance in collocations. JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN SECOND LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION. 2017;1(1):126–36.
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S. Lindstromberg and J. Eyckmans, “The particular need for replication in the quantitative study of SLA : a case study of the mnemonic effect of assonance in collocations,” JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN SECOND LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 126–136, 2017.
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