Working Memory in Second Language Acquisition and Processing

Zhisheng (Edward) Wen is Associate Professor at the School of Languages and Translation at Macao Polytechnic Institute. He has been lecturing in key universities in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macao for over 15 years and has researched and published extensively in second language acquisition, psycholinguistics and other areas of applied linguistics.Mailce Borges Mota is Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil and a research fellow of the prestigious Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). Her research focuses on the relationship between language processing and memory systems.Arthur McNeill is Director of the Center for Language Education and Associate Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He has research expertise and publications in key areas of applied linguistics, SLA, teacher education and vocabulary teaching and learning.

Overall, the volume is successful in fulfilling its editors’ aims, i.e. to provide a forum for dialogue between SLA and WM research and to further integrate the two fields. The diversity and reach of the field is amply demonstrated by the range of empirical bases it covers. By including a range of opinions on how to move the WM–SLA field forward, the volume can serve as inspiration for future research programs, thus contributing to the already highly dynamic interface between WM and SLA research.

• AcknowledgementsNotes on ContributorsForeword: Michael Bunting & Randall EngleZhisheng Wen, Mailce Borges Mota and Arthur McNeill: Introduction and OverviewPart I: Theoretical Perspectives and Models 1. Alan Baddeley: Working Memory in Second Language Learning2. Nelson Cowan: Second-Language Use, Theories of Working Memory, and the Vennian Mind3. Zhisheng Wen: Working Memory in Second Language Acquisition and Processing: The Phonological/Executive Model4. Yanping Dong and Rendong Cai: Working Memory and Interpreting: A Commentary on Theoretical ModelsPart II: Working Memory in L2 Processing5. Sun-A Kim, Kiel Christianson and Jerome Packard: Working Memory in L2 Character Processing: The Case of Learning to Read Chinese6. Yuncai Dai: Working Memory in L2 Sentence Processing: The Case with Relative Clause Attachment7. Alan Juffs: Working Memory and Sentence Processing: A CommentaryPart III: Working Memory in L2 Interaction and Performance8. Shaofeng Li: Working Memory, Language Analytical Ability and L2 Recasts9. Mohammad Javad Ahmadian: Working Memory, Online Planning and L2 Self-Repair Behavior10. Yanbin Lu: Working Memory, Cognitive Resources and L2 Written Performance11. Peter Skehan: Working Memory and Second Language Performance: A CommentaryPart IV: Working Memory in L2 Instruction and Development 12. Kindra Santamaria and Gretchen Sunderman: Working Memory in Processing Instruction: The Acquisition of L2 French Clitic13. Kaitlyn Tagarelli, Mailce Borges Mota and Patrick Rebuschat: Working Memory, Learning Conditions and L2 Syntax Acquisition14. Melissa Baralt: Working Memory, Cognitive Complexity and L2 Recasts in Online Language Teaching15. Anne E. Mitchell, Scott Jarvis, Michelle O’Malley and Irina Konstantinova : Working Memory Measures and L2 Proficiency16. Clare Wright: Working Memory and L2 Development across the Life Span: A CommentaryPart V: Final Commentary17. John Williams: Working Memory in SLA Research: Challenges and ProspectsIndex