1st Edition
Practice and Automatization in Second Language Research Perspectives from Skill Acquisition Theory and Cognitive Psychology
Practice is a recurring and popular theme in language education. However, the concepts of practice and automatization have recently received renewed theoretical and practical interest and are increasingly being explored from the skill acquisition theory and cognitive psychology perspectives.
In this volume, leading scholars discuss the optimal types, amounts, and schedules of practice for specific language structures and skills, as well as for various types of learners and learning contexts, to facilitate second language development. They illuminate how practice is instantiated for specific groups of teachers and learners in diverse institutionalized contexts, such as foreign language curriculum development, intelligent computer-assisted language learning systems, task-based language teaching, and study abroad. Furthermore, original methodological syntheses of extant research on practice and automatization are presented, along with guides for conducting empirical research on these topics.
Practice and Automatization in Second Language Research: Perspectives from Skill Acquisition Theory and Cognitive Psychology is a valuable resource and reference for graduate students and researchers in the field of SLA and applied linguistics.
List of contributors
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Introduction: Practice and Automatization in a Second Language
Yuichi Suzuki
PART I Foundations
Chapter 2 Explicit learning at the initial stages of SLA: Optimizing input and intake processing
Yuichi Suzuki, Tatsuya Nakata, and John Rogers
Chapter 3 Skill learning theories and language teaching: Different strokes for different folks
Masatoshi Sato
PART II Teaching Approaches and Contexts
Chapter 4 Situating practice in a limited-exposure, foreign languages school curriculum Emma Marsden and Rachel Hawkes
Chapter 5 Supporting individualized practice through Intelligent CALL
Simon Ruiz, Patrick Rebuschat, and Detmar Meurers
Chapter 6 Integrating systematic practice into task-based language teaching
Craig Lambert
Chapter 7 Practice in study abroad contexts
Kevin McManus
PART III Methodological Synthesis
Chapter 8 A synthesis of L2 practice research: What is “practice” and how has it been investigated?
Ryo Maie and Aline Godfroid
Chapter 9 Measuring automaticity in a second language: A methodological synthesis of experimental tasks over three decades (1990-2021)
Yuichi Suzuki and Irina Elgort
Chapter 10 Measuring speaking and writing fluency: A methodological synthesis focusing on automaticity
Shungo Suzuki and Andrea Révész
Chapter 11 Conclusion: Future directions of practice and automatization research
Yuichi Suzuki
Index
Biography
Yuichi Suzuki is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Cross-Cultural and Japanese Studies at Kanagawa University, Japan.
