Grammar Acquisition and Processing Instruction Secondary and Cumulative Effects

by Benati, Alessandro; Lee , James F.

• ISBN13: 9781847691040
• ISBN10: 1847691048
• Format: Hardcover
• 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

Introduction
A Theory of Input Processing: How Learners Work with Input	p. 1
Processing Instruction: Research and Practice in Assessing Primary Effects	p. 24
From Processing Instruction on the Acquisition of Italian Noun-Adjective Agreement to Secondary Transfer-of-Training Effects on Italian Future Tense Verb Morphology	p. 54
From Processing Instruction on the Acquisition of English Past Tense to Secondary Transfer-of-Training Effects on English Third Person Singular Present Tense (with Scott Dean Houghton)	p. 88
From Processing Instruction on the Acquisition of French Imparfait to Secondary Transfer-of-Training Effects on French Subjunctive and to Cumulative Transfer-of-Training Effects with French Causative Constructions (with Cecile Laval)	p. 121
Final Comments	p. 158
Appendices	p. 176
References	p. 205
Index	p. 210
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