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Kuiken, Folkert; Vedder, Ineke – Journal of Second Language Writing, 2008
This paper reports on a study on the relationship between cognitive task complexity and linguistic performance in L2 writing. In the study, two models proposed to explain the influence of cognitive task complexity on linguistic performance in L2 are tested and compared: Skehan and Foster's Limited Attentional Capacity Model (Skehan, 1998; Skehan…
Descriptors: Italian, Second Language Learning, Task Analysis, Difficulty Level
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French, Lucia Ann – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1988
Assesses children's comprehension of "because" and "so" on enactment and sentence completion tasks. Results provide evidence against a componential model for the acquisition of causal connectives. Supported is the position that understanding of relational terms is initially context dependent; linguistic development generates…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Elementary School Students, Kindergarten Children, Language Processing