Foreign language learning : psycholinguistic studies on training and retention /: psycholinguistic studies on training and retention. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Alice F. Healy, Lyle E. Bourne, Jr.
• Other Names: Healy, Alice F; Bourne, Lyle Eugene, 1932-
• Contents: Pt. 1. Introductory overview. Toward the improvement of training in foreign languages / Alice F. Healy, Immanuel Barshi, Robert J. Crutcher, et al. -- pt. 2. Vocabulary and concept acquisition. Effect of first language phonological configuration on lexical acquisition in a second language / Andrea Feldman and Alice F. Healy -- Contextual interference effects in foreign language vocabulary acquisition and retention / Vivian I. Schneider, Alice F. Healy, and Lyle E. Bourne, Jr. -- The role of prior knowledge in mediating foreign vocabulary acquisition and retention : a process-analytic approach / Robert J. Crutcher -- On the status of the count-mass distinction in a mental grammar / Michael Serwatka and Alice F. Healy -- Phonological short-term memory and foreign language learning / Susan E. Gathercole and Annabel S.C. Thorn. pt. 3. Language comprehension. Misunderstandings in voice communication : effects of fluency in a second language / Immanuel Barshi and Alice F. Healy -- Anaphora in language processing : transfer of cognitive strategies by native Chinese, Dutch, English, and Japanese speakers / Liang Tao and Alice F. Healy -- Argument structure and Maasai possessive interpretation : implications for language learning / Immanuel Barshi and Doris L. Payne -- Learning and losing syntax : practice makes perfect and frequency builds fortitude / Mark F. St. John and Morton Ann Gernsbacher -- pt. 4. Reading processes. Highlighting important words leads to poorer comprehension / Julia E. Moravcsik and Alice F. Healy -- The effect of alphabet and fluency on unitization processes in reading / Carolyn J. Buck-Gengler [and others] -- Transfer effects of first language proficiency on second language reading / Antoinette T. Gesi Blanchard. pt. 5. Bilingualism. Stroop interference in bilinguals : the role of similarity between the two languages / Markus Brauer -- Individual differences in second language proficiency : working memory as language aptitute / Akira Miyake and Naomi P. Friedman -- A model of bilingual representation and its implications for second language acquisition / Judith F. Kroll, Erica Michael, and Aruna Sankaranarayanan -- pt. 6. Commentary. Second language learning revisited : the psycholinguistic perspective / Barry McLaughlin.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Psychology Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (456 pages)
• Subjects: 401/.93; Language and languages -- Study and teaching -- Psychological aspects; Second language acquisition; Psycholinguistics; Langue seconde -- Acquisition; Psycholinguistique; Language and languages -- Study and teaching -- Psychological aspects; Psycholinguistics; Second language acquisition; Taalonderwijs; Vreemde talen; Langue seconde -- Acquisition
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781134807734; 1134807732
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