Applying priming research to L2 learning, teaching and research : insights from psycholinguistics / edited by Pavel Trofimovich, Kim McDonough.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Trofimovich, Pavel.

McDonough, Kim.

Series:

Language learning and language teaching ; v. 30.

Language learning & language teaching ; v. 30

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Second language acquisition--Methodology.

Second language acquisition.

Priming (Psychology).

Psycholinguistics.

Physical Description:

viii, 254 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The following study uses a bilingual version of the Deese-Roediger-McDermott (DRM) false memory paradigm (Deese 1959; Roediger & McDermott 1995) to investigate conceptual mediation in second language (L2) learners. In this paradigm, participants are exposed to a list of words (e.g. bed, rest, dream, etc.) that are highly associated to a critical lure word that is not presented (e.g. sleep). Later, when asked to recall the words presented, participants will often falsely recall the critical lure that was implicitly generated in memory during encoding. Participants were native English-speaking learners of Spanish (N = 241) with varying proficiency in Spanish. The results suggest that proficiency constrains conceptual mediation. Theoretical and pedagogical implications are discussed.

Contents:

pt. 1. Using priming methods in L2 learning research

pt. 2. Innovative approaches to L2 priming research.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613051424

9789027286925

9027286922

9781283051422

1283051427

OCLC:

712015640