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VanPatten, Bill – 1984
Literature concerning human information processing is examined for its implications and extensions into the realm of input processing during second language learning. It is argued that learners can process input solely for meaning, and that once meaning can be accessed automatically, attention can be directed to certain "non-important" structures…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Communication Research, Communicative Competence (Languages), Language Processing
