Working Memory and Second Language Learning : : Towards an Integrated Approach / / Zhisheng (Edward) Wen.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Complete eBook-Package 2016
• VerfasserIn: Wen, Zhisheng (Edward),
• MitwirkendeR: Skehan, Peter,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Second Language Acquisition
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Foreword --; Preface and Acknowledgements --; Abbreviations --; 1. Introduction and Overview --; Part 1. Theoretical and Methodological Foundations --; 2. Working Memory Theories and Models --; 3. Working Memory Measures and Issues --; Part 2. Research Syntheses of Working Memory in L1 and L2 Learning --; 4. Working Memory in First Language Research --; 5. Working Memory in Second Language Research --; Part 3. Toward an Integrated Perspective on Working Memory and SLA --; 6. An Integrated Framework for Working Memory and SLA Research --; 7. Working Memory in L2 Acquisition and Processing: The P/E Model --; 8. Working Memory and Tasks in L2 Speech Performance --; 9. Working Memory and Language Aptitude in L2 Development --; 10. Conclusions and Implications for Future Research --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781783095735; 9783110663112; 9783110606706
• DOI: 10.21832/9781783095735
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Zhisheng (Edward) Wen.

This book introduces an approach to understanding and measuring working memory components and functions in second language learning, processing and development. It presents comprehensive, thorough and updated reviews of relevant literatures from cognitive sciences and applied linguistics. Drawing on multidisciplinary research, the book advocates a conceptual framework for integrating working memory theories with second language acquisition theories. An innovative theoretical model is also presented, which illuminates research studies investigating the distinctive roles of phonological and executive working memory as they relate to specific L2 learning domains, skills and processes. Theoretical and methodological implications of this integrative perspective are further elaborated and discussed within the specific realms of L2 task-based performance and language aptitude research.