First exposure to a second language : learners' initial input processing / edited by ZhaoHong Han, Rebekah Rast.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Han, Zhaohong, 1962- editor.

Rast, Rebekah, 1960- editor.

Cambridge University Press.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Second language acquisition--Study and teaching.

Second language acquisition.

Language and languages--Study and teaching.

Language and languages.

Psycholinguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

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Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

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Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of figures; List of tables; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction: First exposure, input processing, and theorizing; 1 First exposure: a replication of Han and Peverly (2007); Theoretical background; Input-intake in SLA; Models of input-intake; Motivation for the current study; Method; Participants; Materials; Instruments; Procedure; Coding and analysis; Results; Discussion

What approach, meaning-based or form-based, do absolute beginners use when processing the target language visual input for the very first time?Is sequential processing of meaning and form superior to simultaneous processing?; Conclusion; Appendix 1:Input text; Appendix 2: Freerecall; Appendix 3:Gap filling; References; 2 Learners'' first exposure to written L2 input: insights from learners''spontaneous think-alouds; Theoretical background; Research on novice learners''default processing of L2 input; The study; Method; Participants; Input text; Measures of noticing; Procedure; Data analysis

ResultsInput marking; Learner think-aloud; Discussion; Learner think-alouds: two concerns; Conclusion; Appendix; Input text; References; 3 Initial processing and use of inflectional markers: evidence from French adult learners of Polish; Input processing and individual differences; The learning problem: nominal inflection; The study; The Polish course; Variables and hypotheses; Instruments and procedure; Results; Grammaticality judgment; Sentence production; Group profile; Polish tasks and individual differences; Discussion; Appendix A: Distribution of Polish input and tasks

Appendix B:Grammaticality judgment task stimuliGrammatical sentences; Ungrammatical sentences; Appendix C:Frequency and distribution of targetitems for the grammaticality judgment task; Appendix D: Frequency and distribution of target items for the production task; References; 4 Processing ''words''in early-stage foreign language acquisition: a comparison of first exposure and low proficiency learners; The Calgary first exposure studies; Relativizing the analysis of frequency of inputs; Questions of ''naturalness''and ecological validity; What analyses of the stimuli tell us; The study

Visual and auditory stimuliMeasures; Participants; Hypotheses; Procedures; Coding and analysis; Results; Discussion and conclusions; Appendix: Question stimuli (Trials and Test); Cognates; References; 5 Absence of morphological transfer in beginners: evidence from eye tracking; Theoretical background; The study; Method; Participants; Procedure; Eye-tracking methodology; Materials; Scoring; Statistical analyses; Results and discussion; RQ1: Congruency effects; RQ2: Transfer effects; RQ3: Learner effects; Conclusion; Appendix; Sentences in Spanish; Translation in English; References

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ISBN:

9781316128787

1316128784

9781139084390

1139084399

Publisher Number:

99960382292

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