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On Input Processing, Processing Instruction, and the Nature of Replication Tasks: A Response to Salaberry.
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Sanz, Cristina; VanPatten, Bill – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1998
In response to a published study of second-language input processing and processing instruction, a relatively new concept in language teaching, misinterpretations of theoretical and conceptual issues are pointed out and methodological concerns about the study are discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: Language Processing, Language Research, Linguistic Input, Linguistic Theory
Acquisition of Grammatical Gender in French: L2 Learner Accuracy and Strategies.
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Hardison, Debra M. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1992
Three studies of the development of gender competence in elementary and intermediate level learners of French as a second language are reported. The findings support an emerging rule-governed process of gender assignment related to the learner's development of skill with the language's underlying phonological system. (11 references) (MSE)
Descriptors: College Students, French, Grammar, Higher Education
French Teacher Training: A Proposal for a New Pedagogy.
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Klinck, Patricia A. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1985
A core of courses is proposed for the training of French teachers and for the development of postgraduate studies in bilingual education: the nature of language, theories of language acquisition, and effective teaching methods. Collaborative research involving practitioners, researchers, and students will be increasingly important.(MSE)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Needs, French, Graduate Study
On Input Processing, True Language Competence, and Pedagogical Bandwagons: A Reply to Sanz and VanPatten.
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Salaberry, M. Rafael – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1998
In response to criticism of his study of input processing and processing instruction, a relatively new concept in second language teaching, the author discusses a number of issues raised, including concepts underlying input processing, methodological concerns, instructional materials used in the study, the concept "traditional instruction," use of…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Language Processing, Language Proficiency, Language Research
Acquisition of Grammatical Gender in Italian as a Foreign Language.
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Oliphant, Katrina – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1998
This study investigated sensitivity to morphological, semantic, and syntactic cues to grammatical gender among 64 students of college-level Italian. Results showed sensitivity to cues in word-final phonemes, but low awareness of gender associations of derivational suffixes. Students had more difficulty dealing with multiple cues, particularly when…
Descriptors: Context Clues, Grammar, Higher Education, Italian
Conversations in Slow Motion: Computer-Mediated Communication in the Foreign Language Classroom.
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Beauvois, Margaret Healy – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1998
Reviews early research on innovative use of networked computers in language learning, focusing on a study of computer-mediated discussion that examined student/student and student/teacher interactions in a college French course. Due to rapid nature of computer-mediated exchanges, the "conversation" is a hybrid somewhere between writing and…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Discourse Analysis
L'enseignement de la musique et de la langue seconde: pistes d'integration et consequences sur les apprentissages (The Teaching of Music and Second Language: Paths for Integration and Consequences for Instruction).
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Lowe, Anne S. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1998
An experiment in a grade 2 French immersion program compared performance of a group-taught music lessons totally integrated into classroom instruction and a group not given music instruction. Pre- and post-tests of tonal-rhythmic patterns and form that have commonalities with pronunciation, oral grammar, vocabulary, and reading comprehension found…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, French, Grade 2, Grammar