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CONFIRMING THE OPERATIONAL DEFINITIONS OF EXPLICIT AND IMPLICIT KNOWLEDGE IN ELLIS (2005): Responding to Isemonger

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 January 2007

Rod Ellis
Affiliation:
University of Auckland
Shawn Loewen
Affiliation:
University of Auckland

Extract

Ellis (2005) and his coresearchers developed a number of tests with a view to providing relatively separate measures of explicit and implicit knowledge. The aim in the development of these tests was to resolve a continuing problem in SLA studies—namely the construct validity of tests used to measure acquisition—and, more specifically, to provide a basis for investigating the relationship between implicit and explicit knowledge (i.e., the strong interface, the weak interface, and the noninterface positions).

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RESPONSES
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© 2007 Cambridge University Press

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