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Peer reviewedVanPatten, Bill; Cadierno, Teresa – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1993
Traditional form-focused instruction is compared with processing instruction, which involves explanation and practice/experience processing input data and takes learner strategies into account. Analysis of sentence-level interpretation (comprehension) and production tasks suggest significant gains for subjects receiving processing instruction. (39…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comprehension, Foreign Countries, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedVanPatten, Bill – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1990
Analysis of college Spanish students' processing of information under different conditions suggested that learners, and particularly early-stage learners, have great difficulty in attending to both form and content. (22 references) (Author/CB)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Language Processing, Language Proficiency
Peer reviewedVanPatten, Bill; Oikkenon, Soile – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1996
Attempts to determine whether or not explicit information given to second-language learners receiving processing instruction is responsible for the beneficial effects of instruction. Results indicate that these beneficial effects derived from the structured input activities and not from the explicit explanation provided to learners. (22…
Descriptors: Feedback, Grammar, High School Students, Language Processing
