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VanPatten, Bill – ADFL Bulletin, 1992
Reviews five major findings of language research about the effect of explicit instruction and relates them to second-language teaching and learning, covering such areas as the route of acquisition, psycholinguistic readiness, error correction, classroom versus nonclassroom learning, and access to comprehensible and meaningful input. (37…
Descriptors: Error Correction, Language Research, Learning Readiness, Linguistic Input
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Amastae, Jon; Satcher, David – Language Variation and Change, 1993
The type of relatively rapid speech modification sometimes called "accommodation" was examined by tracking change on the part of speakers of Honduran Spanish newly resident among speakers of Northern Mexican Spanish. Final /n/ velarization and spirantization both changed toward local norms, but local contact resulted in greater change…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Cultural Context, Language Usage, Linguistic Borrowing
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Hulstijn, Jan H. – Language Learning & Technology, 2000
Gives a brief characterization of the ways second-language acquisition researchers use the computer to elicit second-language (L2) production data or to record how L2 learners process L2 input. Eight tasks and/or techniques are described. Discusses the use of computer technology in ongoing investigations that pertain to the acquisition of…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Language Processing, Language Research, Language Skills
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Nicoladis, Elena – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 1998
Examined how a bilingual child might come to an understanding of the existence of two languages in terms of pragmatic differentiation and lexical differentiation. Using data from a Portuguese-English bilingual child, showed that the child exhibited evidence of pragmatic differentiation before lexical differentiation. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cognitive Processes, English, Linguistic Input
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Muller, Natascha – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 1998
Examines language transfer or interference from the perspective of the input the bilingual child is exposed to. Argues that transfer occurs in those domains of the grammar where the language learner is confronted with ambiguous input. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Bilingualism, Cognitive Processes, Grammar
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De Houwer, Annick; Grosjean, Francois; Hulk, Aafke; van der Linden, Elisabeth; Lanza, Elizabeth; Schlyter, Suzanne; Tracy, Rosemarie; Treffers-Daller, Jeanine – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 1998
Eight commentaries are included on an article that examined language transfer or interference from the perspective of the input the bilingual child is exposed to and argued that transfer occurs in those domains of the grammar where the language learner is confronted with ambiguous input. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Bilingualism, Cognitive Processes, Grammar
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Muller, Natascha – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 1998
Responds to commentaries written about an article that the author wrote on language transfer and interference from the perspective of the input the bilingual child is exposed to. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Bilingualism, Cognitive Processes, Grammar
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Rott, Susanne – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2004
This investigation assessed whether L2 readers' sensitivity towards a new lexical form is heightened if they are repeatedly pushed to produce output and are immediately provided with relevant input in input-output cycles. In addition, the study sought to assess how these interventions influence text comprehension. Fourth-semester learners read…
Descriptors: Cues, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Development, Comparative Analysis
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Dipper, Lucy T.; Black, Maria; Bryan, Karen L. – Language and Cognitive Processes, 2005
In this paper, we reconsider some of the processes that distinguish production and comprehension. In particular, we discuss the specific forms of thinking involved in each: "thinking for speaking" and "thinking for listening" (Black and Chiat, 2000; Slobin, 1996). We argue that thinking for speaking (or for any form of language output) crucially…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Linguistic Input, Interaction, Language Impairments
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Singleton, Jenny L.; Newport, Elissa L. – Cognitive Psychology, 2004
The present study examines the impact of highly inconsistent input on language acquisition. The American deaf community provides a unique opportunity to observe children exposed to nonnative language models as their only linguistic input. This research is a detailed case study of one child acquiring his native language in such circumstances. It…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, American Sign Language, Deafness, Linguistic Input
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Saffran, Jenny R.; Reeck, Karelyn; Niebuhr, Aimee; Wilson, Diana – Developmental Science, 2005
Sequences of notes contain several different types of pitch cues, including both absolute and relative pitch information. What factors determine which of these cues are used when learning about tone sequences? Previous research suggests that infants tend to preferentially process absolute pitch patterns in continuous tone sequences, while other…
Descriptors: Cues, Infants, Learning Processes, Intonation
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Harrington, Michael – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2004
Acquisition by Processing Theory (APT) is a unified account of language processing and learning that encompasses both L1 and L2 acquisition. Bold in aim and broad in scope, the proposal offers parsimony and comprehensiveness, both highly desirable in a theory of language acquisition. However, the sweep of the proposal is accompanied by an economy…
Descriptors: Language Research, Language Processing, Language Acquisition, Linguistic Input
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Chen, Liang; Oller, John W., Jr. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2005
Well-chosen sound motion pictures (SMPs) can be excellent language teaching tools for presenting facts and providing comprehensible input in the target language. They give access to content and authentic surface forms in the target language as well as to the associations between them. SMPs also allow repeated exposures, but they are rarely…
Descriptors: Films, Teaching Methods, Linguistic Input, Language Teachers
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Grgurovic, Maja; Hegelheimer, Volker – Language Learning & Technology, 2007
As multimedia language learning materials become prevalent in foreign and second language classrooms, their design is an important avenue of research in Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL). Some argue that the design of the pedagogical materials should be informed by theory such as the interactionist SLA theory, which suggests that input…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Educational Technology, Lecture Method, English (Second Language)
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Rothman, Jason; Iverson, Michael – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching (IRAL), 2007
It has been argued that extended exposure to naturalistic input provides L2 learners with more of an opportunity to converge of target morphosyntactic competence as compared to classroom-only environments, given that the former provide more positive evidence of less salient linguistic properties than the latter (e.g., Isabelli 2004). Implicitly,…
Descriptors: Grammar, Linguistic Input, Second Language Learning, Morphology (Languages)
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