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Input Processing and Processing Instruction: The acquisition of Italian and Modern Standard Arabic
Alessandro G. Benati
[Bilingual Processing and Acquisition 11] 2021
► pp. 89–108

Chapter 5
Structured input vs. meaning output-based instruction on the acquisition of Italian passive constructions

An eye-tracking study

Article outline
  • 5.1Introduction
  • 5.2Background
    • Empirical research measuring the effects structured input versus meaning output-based instruction
    • Empirical research measuring the effects structured input using online measurements
  • 5.3Motivation and research questions of the present study
  • 5.4Design
    • Participants
    • Target feature
    • Eye-tracking and language processing
    • Procedure
    • Instructional training
    • The structured input training
    • The meaning output-based instruction training
      • Model
    • Assessment tasks
  • 5.5Results
    • Accuracy
    • Eye-movement patterns
    • Summary of findings
  • 5.6Discussion and conclusion
    • Discussion of the findings
    • Implications for theory and pedagogy
    • Limitations and further research
  • References
Published online: 8 September 2021
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https://doi.org/10.1075/bpa.11.c5
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