NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 7 results Save | Export
The Role of Cognitive Factors in Second Language Writing and Writing to Learn a Second Language
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Judit Kormos – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2023
This article revisits the role of cognitive individual differences in creating synergies between second language (L2) writing and second language acquisition research that were proposed by Kormos (2012). It takes stock of the advances in research findings, in the past decade, on the role of working memory and language learning aptitude in L2…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Individual Differences
Writing/Thinking in Real Time: Digital Video and Corpus Query Analysis
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Park, Kwanghyun; Kinginger, Celeste – Language Learning & Technology, 2010
The advance of digital video technology in the past two decades facilitates empirical investigation of learning in real time. The focus of this paper is the combined use of real-time digital video and a networked linguistic corpus for exploring the ways in which these technologies enhance our capability to investigate the cognitive process of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Learning Processes, Computational Linguistics, Video Technology
Writing: A Mosaic of New Perspectives
Direct linkDirect link
Grigorenko, Elena L., Ed.; Mambrino, Elisa, Ed.; Preiss, David D., Ed. – Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
This book captures the diversity and richness of writing as it relates to different forms of abilities, skills, competencies, and expertise. Psychologists, educators, researchers, and practitioners in neighboring areas are interested in exploring how writing develops and in what manner this development can be fostered, but they lack a handy,…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Written Language, Literacy, Child Development
The First Two R's.
Tzeng, Ovid J. L.; Wang, William S. Y. – American Scientist, 1983
Indicates that the way different languages reduce speech to script affects how visual information is processed in the brain, suggesting that the relation between script and speech underlying all types of writing systems plays an important part in reading behavior. Compares memory performance of native English/Chinese speakers. (JN)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Interference (Language), Language Processing, Language Research
Learning to Write in a Second Language: Two Decades of Research.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Cumming, Alister – International Journal of English Studies, 2001
Reviews empirical research carried out over the last 20 years in three distinct areas: (1) the characteristics of the texts learners produce; (2) the processes of students' composing; and (3) the sociocultural contexts where learning to write occurs. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Research, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
From Sentence Production to Text Production: Investigating Fundamental Processes.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Fayol, Michel – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 1991
Presents a review of cognitive psychology research dealing with the organization and functioning of oral and written language production mechanisms. Discusses works dealing with the microstructural aspects of language, primarily oral production. Describes how the research perspective has evolved from modular to connectionist models. Examines the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Language Acquisition, Language Processing, Language Research
The Nordwrite Project.
Evensen, Lars, Sigfred – 1987
A planned 3-year joint project of the Nordic research council for the humanities that focuses on writing development in school-age children is described. Four Nordic countries are involved in the project: Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. In the study, discourse-level performance analyses of student writing in English as a Second Language are…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Applied Linguistics, Computer Oriented Programs, Discourse Analysis