Grammar Acquisition and Processing Instruction Secondary and Cumulative Effects

by Benati, Alessandro; Lee , James F.

• ISBN13: 9781847691033
• ISBN10: 184769103X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-10-03
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Summary

The research we present in this book establishes a unique line of research within the Processing Instruction model by assessing the transfer-of-training effects of this approach to grammar instruction on how learners make form-meaning connections. In this book we present the results of three experimental studies investigating secondary and cumulative effects in French, Italian and English.

Author Biography

Alessandro G. Benati is Head of Languages Department at the University of Greenwich in the UK. He has researched and taught in the area of second language acquisition and processing instruction. He is co-author with James Lee of the following books: Delivering Processing Instruction in classrooms and in Virtual Contexts; Second Language Processing: An analysis of Theory, Problems and Possible Solutions.James F. Lee is Head of Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. He is the author of Task and Communicating in Language Classrooms.

Table of Contents

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In many ways it is a groundbreaking volume, full of rich transcripts of classroom interaction, with both +insider+ and +outsider+ interpretations.

It not only highlights the powerful influence of cultural practices outside the classroom on what goes on inside the classroom, but it also unpacks the issue of the interpretive process.

Peter Martin, School of Education, University of East London This book reminds us to be wary of unidimensional interpretations of classroom transcript data.

It presents alternative interpretations of rich, contextualized data, and invites further re-interpreting in order to develop our understanding of the co-construction of learning and the creation of learning communities.

An international group of analysts engage in conversations about classroom interactions that are both unique and familiar.

An intriguing, informative read. Gary Barkhuizen, Department of Applied Language Studies and Linguistics, University of Auckland

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