Mind and Context in Adult Second Language Acquisition: Methods, Theory, and Practice

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Contents v Acknowledgments vii Introduction ix Cristina Sanz part 1 THEORY AND METHODOLOGY 1. Adult SLA: The interaction between external and internal factors 3 Cristina Sanz 2. Research methodology: Quantitative approaches 21 Rusan Chen 3. Research methodology: Qualitative research 69 Rebecca Adams, Akiko Fujii, and Alison Mackey part 2 INTERNAL FACTORS 4. Individual differences: Age, sex, working memory, and prior knowledge 105 Harriet Wood Bowden, Cristina Sanz, and Catherine A. Stafford 5. A cognitive neuroscience perspective on second language acquisition: The declarative/procedural model 141 Michael T. Ullman 6. Attention and awareness in SLA 179 Ronald P. Leow and Melissa A. Bowles part 3 EXTERNAL FACTORS 7. Input and interaction 207 Alison Mackey and Rebekha Abbuhl 8. Explicitness in pedagogical interventions: Input, practice, and feedback 234 Cristina Sanz and Kara Morgan-Short part 4 PEDAGOGICAL IMPLICATIONS 9. Processing instruction 267 Bill VanPatten 10. Content-based foreign language instruction 282 Heidi Byrnes Contributors 303 Index 307 vi contents ...