Cognition and Second Language Instruction /
edited by Peter Robinson.
- 1st ed.
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
- x, 453 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Cambridge Applied Linguistics .
- Cambridge applied linguistics. .
''The influence of cognitive processing on second language acquisition (SLA), and on the development of second language (SL) instruction, has always been a subject of major interest to both SLA researchers and those involved in SL pedagogy. Recent theoretical research into SLA and SL pedagogy has shown renewed interest in the role of cognitive variables such as attention, short, working, and long term memory. This volume first examines the theoretical foundations of research into the cognitive processes underlying SLA and then describes various implications for pedagogically oriented research and for SL classroom practice. This book's blend of research from the cognitive sciences and applied linguistics make it an exellent introduction to applied linguists and language teachers interested in the psycholinguistic processes underlying SLA.'' (Book Cover) CONTENTS: SECTION 1. THEORETICAL ISSUES 1. Attention / 2. The memory for language / 3. The competition model: the input, the context, and the brain / 4. Sentence processing / 5. Automaticity and automatization / 6. Learnability and second language acquisition theory / Richard Schmidt Nick C. Ellis Brian MacWhinney Michael Harrington Robert M. DeKeyser Kevin R.Gregg SECTION II. COGNITION AND INSTRUCTION 7. Cognition and tasks / 8. Cognitive underpinning of focus on form / 9. Intentional and incidental second language vocabulary learning: a reappraisal of elaboration, rehearsal and automaticity / 10. Task complexity, cognitive resources, and syllabus design: a triadic framework for examining task influences on SLA / 11. Aptitude, individual differences, and instructional design / 12. Cognition, instruction and protocol analysis / Peter Skehan and Pauline Foster Catherine Doughty Jan H. Hulstjin Peter Robinson Mark Sawyer and Leila Ranta René Jourdenais References Index
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Psycholinguistics. Second language acquisition. Bilingualism--Psychological aspects.