Robert M. DeKeyser

List of John Benjamins publications for which Robert M. DeKeyser plays a role.

Journals

Titles

Aptitude-Treatment Interaction in Second Language Learning

Edited by Robert M. DeKeyser

[Benjamins Current Topics, 116] 2021. v, 202 pp.
Subjects Applied linguistics | Language acquisition | Language teaching

Aptitude-treatment interaction in second language learning

Edited by Robert M. DeKeyser

Special issue of Journal of Second Language Studies 2:2 (2019) v, 200 pp.
Subjects Applied linguistics | Language acquisition | Language policy | Language teaching | Multilingualism
Subjects Applied linguistics | Language acquisition | Language teaching

Articles

For more than half a century now the idea has been that children are better language learners than adults and that therefore second language learning in school should start early. Ironically, until fairly recently, the SLA literature on age effects, which was used to advocate foreign language in… read more
Brown Nielson, Katharine and Robert M. DeKeyser 2021 Working memory and planning time as predictors of fluency and accuracyAptitude-Treatment Interaction in Second Language Learning, DeKeyser, Robert M. (ed.), pp. 117–151 | Chapter
Working memory, which accounts for the ability to process information in the face of interference, is critical to second language acquisition (SLA) and use. The interaction of working memory capacity (WMC) with specific pedagogical interventions is a logical place for empirical SLA research, both… read more
Despite numerous positive findings of explicit instruction, this topic continues to engage scholars worldwide. One issue that may be crucial for the effectiveness of explicit instruction is the interaction between cognitive individual differences (language aptitude and working memory) and types… read more
Brown Nielson, Katharine and Robert M. DeKeyser 2019 Working memory and planning time as predictors of fluency and accuracyAptitude-treatment interaction in second language learning, DeKeyser, Robert M. (ed.), pp. 281–316 | Article
Working memory, which accounts for the ability to process information in the face of interference, is critical to second language acquisition (SLA) and use. The interaction of working memory capacity (WMC) with specific pedagogical interventions is a logical place for empirical SLA research,… read more
In this introductory chapter we provide a picture of recent research on instructed second language learning (ISLA), not about its findings, but about what questions it addresses, on what aspects of the second language, and with what methodologies. We also address some potential reasons for why ISLA… read more
Despite numerous positive findings of explicit instruction, this topic continues to engage scholars worldwide. One issue that may be crucial for the effectiveness of explicit instruction is the interaction between cognitive individual differences (language aptitude and working memory) and types… read more
The role of explicit information (EI) has long been debated in second language acquisition. Numerous studies report null effects for EI (e.g., VanPatten and Oikennon, 1996) calling for its diminution, whereas just as many point to its facilitative potential (e.g., VanPatten et al., 2013 and… read more
This chapter looks at task repetition in second language learning from the point of view of skill acquisition theory and related areas of psychology. It explores not only what concepts like procedural and declarative knowledge, automatization, and transfer have to offer the applied linguist, but… read more
This chapter gives a brief overview of the main findings of the Study Abroad literature and situates the SALA Project against that background. It then provides suggestions for further research on some of the main issues that remain to be resolved: how do variables such as the social context of the… read more