Working Memory in Second Language Acquisition and Processing

Zhisheng (Edward) Wen is Associate Professor at the School of Languages and Translation at Macao Polytechnic Institute. He has been lecturing in key universities in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macao for over 15 years and has researched and published extensively in second language acquisition, psycholinguistics and other areas of applied linguistics. Mailce Borges Mota is Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil and a research fellow of the prestigious Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). Her research focuses on the relationship between language processing and memory systems. Arthur McNeill is Director of the Center for Language Education and Associate Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He has research expertise and publications in key areas of applied linguistics, SLA, teacher education and vocabulary teaching and learning.

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Notes on Contributors

Foreword: Michael Bunting & Randall Engle

Zhisheng Wen, Mailce Borges Mota and Arthur McNeill: Introduction and Overview

Part I: Theoretical Perspectives and Models

1. Alan Baddeley: Working Memory in Second Language Learning

2. Nelson Cowan: Second-Language Use, Theories of Working Memory, and the Vennian Mind

3. Zhisheng Wen: Working Memory in Second Language Acquisition and Processing: The Phonological/Executive Model

4. Yanping Dong and Rendong Cai: Working Memory and Interpreting: A Commentary on Theoretical Models

Part II: Working Memory in L2 Processing

5. Sun-A Kim, Kiel Christianson and Jerome Packard: Working Memory in L2 Character Processing: The Case of Learning to Read Chinese

6. Yuncai Dai: Working Memory in L2 Sentence Processing: The Case with Relative Clause Attachment

7. Alan Juffs: Working Memory and Sentence Processing: A Commentary

Part III: Working Memory in L2 Interaction and Performance

8. Shaofeng Li: Working Memory, Language Analytical Ability and L2 Recasts

9. Mohammad Javad Ahmadian: Working Memory, Online Planning and L2 Self-Repair Behavior

10. Yanbin Lu: Working Memory, Cognitive Resources and L2 Written Performance

11. Peter Skehan: Working Memory and Second Language Performance: A Commentary

Part IV: Working Memory in L2 Instruction and Development

12. Kindra Santamaria and Gretchen Sunderman: Working Memory in Processing Instruction: The Acquisition of L2 French Clitic

13. Kaitlyn Tagarelli, Mailce Borges Mota and Patrick Rebuschat: Working Memory, Learning Conditions and L2 Syntax Acquisition

14. Melissa Baralt: Working Memory, Cognitive Complexity and L2 Recasts in Online Language Teaching

15. Anne E. Mitchell, Scott Jarvis, Michelle O’Malley and Irina Konstantinova : Working Memory Measures and L2 Proficiency

16. Clare Wright: Working Memory and L2 Development across the Life Span: A Commentary

Part V: Final Commentary

17. John Williams: Working Memory in SLA Research: Challenges and Prospects

Index