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Acquisition of Difficult English Prepositions #764

This presentation examines learners’ understanding and development of difficult prepositional usages of at, from, in, on, and to. Results indicate semantic complexity and metacognitive understanding of these prepositions are the main obstacles for learners to overcome in order to enhance their learning. This ongoing investigation illustrates that the elicitation of grammatical structures through the development and implementation of task-based learning tasks provides an effective strategy to support learners’ language development, confidence, and self-efficacy.