Working Memory and Second Language Learning

Zhisheng (Edward) Wen is Associate Professor at the School of Languages and Translation at Macao Polytechnic Institute (MPI). He has taught undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in applied linguistics and psycholinguistics at tertiary level for over 15 years. His research interests include second language acquisition and TESOL, psycholinguistics and cognitive science, as well as genre analysis and translation studies. He is a co-editor of Working Memory in Second Language Acquisition and Processing (2015, Multilingual Matters).

As an applied linguist, academic and researcher who has English as an L2, interested in the nexus between working memory and L2 acquisition, I find this book to be a valuable reference in terms of its thorough and critical literature overview, the instructive P/E model and its inspiring implications for future research.

• Foreword (By Peter Skehan)Preface and Acknowledgements             List of AbbreviationsChapter 1. Introduction and OverviewPart 1: Theoretical and Methodological Foundations       Chapter 2. Working Memory Theories and Models          Chapter 3. Working Memory Measures and Issues          Part 2: Research Syntheses of Working Memory in L1 and L2 Learning    Chapter 4. Working Memory in First Language Research               Chapter 5. Working Memory in Second Language Research         Part 3: Toward an Integrative Perspective on Working Memory and SLAChapter 6. An Integrative Framework for Working Memory and SLA Research   Chapter 7. Working Memory in L2 Acquisition and Processing: The P/E Model    Chapter 8. Working Memory and Tasks in L2 Speech Performance           Chapter 9. Working Memory and Language Aptitude in L2 Development              Chapter 10. Conclusions and Implications for Future Research   References        Index