Working Memory in Second Language Acquisition and Processing

✍ Scribed by Zhisheng (Edward) Wen (editor); Mailce Borges Mota (editor); Arthur McNeill (editor)

Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Year: 2015
Tongue: English
Leaves: 338
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book offers a discussion of theoretical and methodological issues concerning the pivotal role of working memory in second language learning and processing. It includes theoretical chapters, empirical studies providing original data and new insights into the topic, and commentary chapters which chart the course for future research.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgements
Contributors
Foreword
Introduction and Overview
Part 1. Theoretical Perspectives and Models
1. Working Memory in Second Language Learning
2. Second Language Use, Theories of Working Memory and the Vennian Mind
3. Working Memory in Second Language Acquisition and Processing: The Phonological/ Executive Model
4. Working Memory and Interpreting: A Commentary on Theoretical Models
Part 2. Working Memory in L2 Processing
5. Working Memory in L2 Character Processing: The Case of Learning to Read Chinese
6. Working Memory in L2 Sentence Processing: The Case with Relative Clause Attachment
7. Working Memory and Sentence Processing: A Commentary
Part 3. Working Memory in L2 Interaction and Performance
8. Working Memory, Language Analytical Ability and L2 Recasts
9. Working Memory, Online Planning and L2 Self-Repair Behaviour
10. Working Memory, Cognitive Resources and L2 Writing Performance
11. Working Memory and Second Language Performance: A Commentary
Part 4. Working Memory in L2 Instruction and Development
12. Working Memory in Processing Instruction: The Acquisition of L2 French Clitics
13. Working Memory, Learning Conditions and the Acquisition of L2 Syntax
14. Working Memory Capacity, Cognitive Complexity and L2 Recasts in Online Language Teaching
15. Working Memory Measures and L2 Proficiency
16. Working Memory and L2 Development Across the Lifespan: A Commentary
Final Commentary
17. Working Memory in SLA Research: Challenges and Prospects
Index

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