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Majid Nikouee; Takashi Oba – TESL Canada Journal, 2025
This article explores how principles from cognitive psychology, particularly transfer-appropriate processing (TAP) and skill acquisition theory, can inform the design of grammar practice in second language (L2) instruction. While grammar instruction often emphasizes declarative knowledge, enabling learners to use grammatical forms accurately and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Grammar, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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VanPatten, 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