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ISLA: How Implicit or How Explicit Should It Be? Theoretical, Empirical, and Pedagogical/Curricular Issues
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Leow, Ronald P. – Language Teaching Research, 2019
Instructed second language acquisition (ISLA) research has recently attracted more focal attention due to the publications of three books and as the theme of the 2016 Second Language Research Forum (SLRF) conference that celebrated its 35th anniversary in the field of second language acquisition (SLA). Recent definitions (e.g. Loewen, 2015) have…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Research
Deconstructing the "I" and "SLA" in ISLA: One Curricular Approach
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Leow, Ronald P.; Cerezo, Luis – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2016
Instructed second language acquisition (ISLA) has been referenced in the larger field of the SLA literature for over two and a half decades. Currently, there are several theoretical underpinnings accounting for processes assumed to play a role in ISLA and quite an impressive number of studies have empirically addressed some aspect(s) of ISLA.…
Descriptors: Role, Second Language Learning, Learning Processes, Language Research
Concurrent Data Elicitation Procedures, Processes, and the Early Stages of L2 Learning: A Critical Overview
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Leow, Ronald P.; Grey, Sarah; Marijuan, Silvia; Moorman, Colleen – Second Language Research, 2014
Given the current methodological interest in eliciting direct data on the cognitive processes L2 learners employ as they interact with L2 data during the early stages of the learning process, this article takes a critical and comparative look at three concurrent data elicitation procedures currently employed in the SLA literature: Think aloud (TA)…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Reaction Time, Eye Movements, Language Research
Learning without Awareness Revisited: Extending Williams (2005)
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Hama, Mika; Leow, Ronald P. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2010
The role of awareness or consciousness in learning has been a relatively contentious issue in non-SLA fields (e.g., cognitive psychology). With the publications of Williams (2004, 2005), a similar debate appears to be brewing in the field of SLA. Contrary to Leow (2000), who reported that unawareness did not appear to play an important role in…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Second Language Learning, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Processes
To Simplify or Not to Simplify: A Look at Intake.
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Leow, Ronald P. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1993
The effects of simplification, type of linguistic item, and second-language experience on learners' intake of linguistic items contained in written input were studied. Results suggest that simplification does not have a facilitating effect on learners' intake. Sample passages are appended. (56 references) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries, Language Research, Linguistic Input
Modality and Intake in Second Language Acquisition.
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Leow, Ronald P. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1995
Replicates R. P. Leow's 1993 study on the effects of simplification, type of linguistic item, and second/foreign language experience on learners' intake of linguistic items contained in written output. Results on the type of linguistic item underscore the need for research to consider seriously the role of modality while addressing cognitive…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Language Research, Linguistic Input
To Think Aloud or Not to Think Aloud: The Issue of Reactivity in SLA Research Methodology
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Leow, Ronald P.; Morgan-Short, Kara – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2004
Recently, several studies in SLA (e.g., for discourse, Alanen, 1995; Leow, 2001b; Rott, 1999; for problem-solving tasks, Leow, 1998a, 1998b, 2000, 2001a; Rosa & Leow, in press a, in press b; Rosa & O'Neill, 1999) have addressed the operationalization and measurement of attention (and awareness) in their research methodology. Studies have employed…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Research Methodology, Language Research, Attention