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Benati, Alessandro – Italica, 2000
Examines the theoretical and practical rationale for processing instruction as a method of incorporating grammar instruction in a communicative foreign language approach. Presents results of a study on the role of processing instruction on the learning of the Italian future indicative tense by a group of English-speaking students. Results…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Grammar, Italian, Language Processing

Benati, Alessandro – Language Teaching Research, 2001
Investigated the possible effects of two types of form-focused instruction on the acquisition of a specific feature of the Italian verbal morphology system. Processing instruction was compared to an output-based type of grammar instruction. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Grammar, Italian, Language Processing