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Foreign language learning : psycholinguistic studies on training and retention

Author: Alice F Healy; Lyle Eugene Bourne
Publisher: Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 1998.
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Based on a research project funded by the Army Research Institute, this text reports original empirical and theoretical research on foreign language acquisition and makes recommendations about  Read more...

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Foreign language learning.
Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 1998
(OCoLC)607122325
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Alice F Healy; Lyle Eugene Bourne
ISBN: 0805827544 9780805827545
OCLC Number: 39261804
Description: xiv, 438 p. ; 24 cm.
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 ... [et al.] --
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.
Responsibility: edited by Alice F. Healy, Lyle E. Bourne, Jr.
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