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Processing Instruction and Meaning-Based Output Instruction: A Response to Keating and Farley (2008)
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VanPatten, Bill; Farmer, Jeffrey L.; Clardy, Caleb L. – Hispania, 2009
Research on Processing Instruction (PI) has yielded consistently positive results across a variety of measures. In addition, in comparison to other instructional interventions, PI tends to yield superior results. The one difference is comparative research with Meaning-based Output Instruction (MOI) in which in a number of studies, MOI is seen to…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Linguistic Input, Language Processing, Teaching Methods
Processing Instruction and Dictogloss: A Study on Object Pronouns and Word Order in Spanish
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VanPatten, Bill; Inclezan, Daniela; Salazar, Hilda; Farley, Andrew P. – Foreign Language Annals, 2009
In the current study, we present the findings of an experiment with 108 participants of Spanish as a second language in which we compared the effects of dictogloss (DG) and processing instruction (PI) and compared both sets of effects to a control group. Our findings do not support the results of a recent study, Qin (2008). In that study, DG and…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Language Processing, Word Order, Spanish
Explicit Instruction and Input Processing.
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VanPatten, Bill; Cadierno, Teresa – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1993
Traditional form-focused instruction is compared with processing instruction, which involves explanation and practice/experience processing input data and takes learner strategies into account. Analysis of sentence-level interpretation (comprehension) and production tasks suggest significant gains for subjects receiving processing instruction. (39…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comprehension, Foreign Countries, Language Acquisition