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Processing Instruction and Dictogloss: A Study on Object Pronouns and Word Order in Spanish
Author(s) -
VanPatten Bill,
Inclezan Daniela,
Salazar Hilda,
Farley Andrew P.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
foreign language annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.258
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1944-9720
pISSN - 0015-718X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2009.01033.x
Subject(s) - linguistics , psychology , research object , word order , trace (psycholinguistics) , object (grammar) , computer science , natural language processing , sociology , philosophy , regional science
In the current study, we present the findings of an experiment with 108 participants of Spanish as a second language in which we compared the effects of dictogloss (DG) and processing instruction (PI) and compared both sets of effects to a control group. Our findings do not support the results of a recent study, Qin (2008). In that study, DG and PI were found to be equally effective; however, we find that PI is superior overall to DG as an instructional intervention, a finding much more in line with the original research on which Qin based her study (e.g., VanPatten & Cadierno, 1993). We trace differences in results to materials and assessment tasks in Qin's study, which departed significantly from previous research.