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Peer reviewedVanPatten, Bill; Cadierno, Teresa – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1993
Traditional form-focused instruction is compared with processing instruction, which involves explanation and practice/experience processing input data and takes learner strategies into account. Analysis of sentence-level interpretation (comprehension) and production tasks suggest significant gains for subjects receiving processing instruction. (39…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comprehension, Foreign Countries, Language Acquisition
