
Grammar Acquisition and Processing Instruction : Secondary and Cumulative Effects.
Title:
Grammar Acquisition and Processing Instruction : Secondary and Cumulative Effects.
Author:
Benati, Alessandro.
ISBN:
9781847691057
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (227 pages)
Series:
Second Language Acquisition, No. 34 ; v.No. 34
Second Language Acquisition, No. 34
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 A Theory of Input Processing: How Learners Work with Input -- Chapter 2 Processing Instruction: Research and Practice in Assessing Primary Effects -- Chapter 3 From Processing Instruction on the Acquisition of Italian Noun-Adjective Agreement to Secondary Transfer-of-Training Effects on Italian Future Tense Verb Morphology -- Chapter 4 From Processing Instruction on the Acquisition of English Past Tense to Secondary Transfer-of-Training Effects on English Third Person Singular Present Tense -- Chapter 5 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 -- Chapter 6 Final Comments -- Appendix A Sample Materials for Processing Instruction: English Past Tense -- Appendix B Sample Materials for Traditional Instruction: English Past Tense -- Appendix C Sample Materials for Processing Instruction: French Imparfait -- Appendix D Sample Materials for Traditional Instruction: French Imparfait -- Appendix E Sample Materials for Processing Instruction: Italian Adjective Gender Agreement -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index.
Abstract:
Presents the results of a series of experimental studies investigating possible secondary and cumulative effects of Processing Instruction on the acquisition of French, Italian and English as a second language.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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