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Processing Instruction and Discourse

By James F. Lee , Alessandro G. Benati

Book information

Year
2010
ISBN
0826434967, 9780826434968
LCC
P53 .B43 2010
Open Library ID
OL24581331M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1450070 bytes)
Pages
256\248
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Processing Instruction is an approach to grammar instruction for second language learning, contrasting with traditional grammar instruction in its focus on structured input rather than learners' output. This book compares student assessment after traditional grammar instruction and after Processing Instruction to assess the positive benefits of this method of second language teaching. Rather than examining sentence-level tasks, the study looks at the relative effectiveness of Processing Instruction on discourse-level linguistic ability. Case studies using empirical data from second language learners of Japanese, Italian and English are used to highlight the benefits to the learner of this method of enhanced input. This monograph will be of interest to postgraduates and academics researching second language acquisition and applied linguistics.

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