First Exposure to a Second Language
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First Exposure to a Second Language

Learners' Initial Input Processing

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First Exposure to a Second Language

Learners' Initial Input Processing

About this book

The initial state of learner spontaneous input processing in foreign language learning, as well as the extent to which this processing leads to intake, is of central importance to theoreticians and teachers alike. In this collection of original studies, leading experts examine a range of issues, such as what learners do when faced with a language they know little or nothing about, what factors appear to mediate beginning learners' processing of input, how beginners treat two types of information - form and meaning - in the input, and how adult cognition deals with stimulus frequency at this initial stage. This book provides a microscopic view on learners' processing of foreign language input at the early stages of learning, and evaluates a variety of methodological options within the context of ab initio processing of foreign languages other than English, such as German, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, and Spanish.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright information
  5. Table of contents
  6. List of figures
  7. List of tables
  8. Contributors
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. Introduction: First exposure, input processing, and theorizing
  11. 1 First exposure: a replication of Han and Peverly (2007)
  12. 2 Learners' first exposure to written L2 input: insights from learners' spontaneous think-alouds
  13. 3 Initial processing and use of inflectional markers: evidence from French adult learners of Polish
  14. 4 Processing 'words' in early-stage foreign language acquisition: a comparison of first exposure and low proficiency learners
  15. 5 Absence of morphological transfer in beginners: evidence from eye tracking
  16. 6 The challenges of establishing spontaneous allocation of attention to meaning and form
  17. Epilogue: Input processing by novices - issues in the nature of processing and in research methods
  18. Index