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Peer reviewedLightbown, Patsy M. – Applied Linguistics, 2002
Responds to Sheen's (2002) critique of a review article on the relationship between second language acquisition research and classroom second and foreign language teaching. The focus of the response is to clarify points made in both a 1985 and the 2000 articles and challenging Sheen's interpretation of those points. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Language Research, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewedNicholas, Howard; Lightbown, Patsy M.; Spada, Nina – Language Learning, 2001
Reviews research on the effectiveness of recasts in first and second language acquisition, paying particular attention to how recasts have been defined and how their impact has been assessed in observational and experimental studies. Concludes that recasts appear to be most effective in contexts where it is clear to the learner that the recast is…
Descriptors: Error Correction, Feedback, Interlanguage, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedLightbown, Patsy M. – Applied Linguistics, 2000
Following a review of the language teaching practices of the past 50 years, reassess ten second language acquisition (SLA) research generalizations in light of the considerable amount of classroom-based SLA research that has been carried out since 1985, especially that which has addressed pedagogical concerns in primary and secondary school…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Generalization, Language Research
Peer reviewedLyster, Roy; Lightbown, Patsy M.; Spada, Nina – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1999
Response to criticism of oral grammar correction in second-language (L2) instruction which argues that while there are challenges and complexities in providing effective feedback, error correction should not be abandoned. Continued systematic, rigorous research to investigate whether different types of feedback are more effective, and to what…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Error Correction, Grammar, Language Research
Peer reviewedLightbown, Patsy M. – TESL Canada Journal, 1984
Describes a study which examines "introducer forms" used by English as a second language learners to initiate picture descriptions. Results suggest that students receiving formal second language instruction process the input data in ways which are more "acquisition-like" and often not consistent with what the teacher intends…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), French
Peer reviewedTucker, G. Richard; Lightbown, Patsy M.; Snow, Catherine; Christian, Donna; de Bot, Kees; Lynch, Brian K.; Nunan, David; Duff, Patricia A.; Freeman, Donald; Bailey, Kathleen M. – TESOL Quarterly, 2001
Highlights research priorities for the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) field, including the following: age of beginning instruction, learning to read in a second language, dual-language education for English language learners, language assessment and program evaluation, English as a global language, learning English for…
Descriptors: Age, Bilingual Education, English (Second Language), English for Academic Purposes
Lightbown, Patsy M.; Spada, Nina – 1994
This book is designed to help second and foreign language teachers understand how languages are learned. Chapter 1 examines several theories on how young children acquire their first language, including behaviorist, innatist, and interactionist models. Chapter 2 presents and analyzes several theories on second language (SL) learning. Chapter 3…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
