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Issa, Bernard I.; Morgan-Short, Kara – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2019
The role of attention has been central to theoretical and empirical inquiries in second language (L2) acquisition. The current eye-tracking study examined how external and internal attentional manipulations (Chun, Golomb, &Turk-Browne, 2011) promote L2 grammatical development. Participants (n = 55) were exposed to Spanish direct-object…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Grammar, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Potowski, Kim; Jegerski, Jill; Morgan-Short, Kara – Language Learning, 2009
The current study compared the effects of two second language (L2) instruction types--processing instruction (VanPatten, 2004) and traditional output-based instruction--on the development of the Spanish past subjunctive among U.S. Spanish heritage language speakers and traditional L2 learners. After exposure to instruction, both the heritage…
Descriptors: Grammar, Spanish, Comparative Analysis, Second Language Instruction
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Morgan-Short, Kara; Bowden, Harriet Wood – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2006
This study investigates the effects of meaningful input- and output-based practice on SLA. First-semester Spanish students (n = 45) were assigned to processing instruction, meaningful output-based instruction, or control groups. Experimental groups received the same input in instruction but received meaningful practice that was input or output…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Language Processing, Spanish