Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 A Theory of Input Processing: How Learners Work with Input; Chapter 2 Processing Instruction: Research and Practice in Assessing Primary Effects; Chapter 3 From Processing Instruction on the Acquisition of Italian Noun-Adjective Agreement to Secondary Transfer-of-Training Effects on Italian Future Tense Verb Morphology; Chapter 4 From Processing Instruction on the Acquisition of English Past Tense to Secondary Transfer-of-Training Effects on English Third Person Singular Present Tense
Chapter 5 From Processing Instruction on the Acquisition of French Imparfait to Secondary Transfer-of-Training Effects on French Subjunctive and to Cumulative Transfer-of-Training Effects with FrenchChapter 6 Final Comments; Appendix A Sample Materials for Processing Instruction: English Past Tense; Appendix B Sample Materials for Traditional Instruction: English Past Tense; Appendix C Sample Materials for Processing Instruction: French Imparfait; Appendix D Sam
Summary
Presents the results of a series of experimental studies investigating possible secondary and cumulative effects of Processing Instruction on the acquisition of French, Italian and English as a second language