Research Catalog

Title

Stimulated recall methodology in second language research / Susan M. Gass, Alison Mackey.

Author

Gass, Susan M.

Publication

Mahwah, NJ : L. Erlbaum Associates, ©2000.

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Details

Additional Authors

Mackey, Alison.

Description

xiii, 177 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

A study of various methods and uses of stimulated recall in the field of second language research. Topics covered include an introduction to introspective methods, characterization of stimulated recall, data collection methods and possible applications of stimulated recall.

Series Statement

Second language acquisition research. Monographs on research methodology

Uniform Title

Second language acquisition research. Monographs on research methodology

Subject

• Second language acquisition > Research
• Recollection (Psychology)
• Mental Recall
• Introspectie
• Acquisition d'une langue seconde
• Rappel (Psychologie)
• Méthodologie
• Recherche

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-152) and indexes.

Contents

1. Introduction to Introspective Methods -- Introspective Methods -- The Usefulness of Reflections on Mental Processes -- Introspection and Behaviorism -- Behaviorism and the Study of Language -- Verbal Reporting -- Stimulated Recall -- What Topics Can Be Explored Using Stimulated Recall Methodology? -- Knowledge Types -- Knowledge Structures -- Cognitive Processes and Learner Strategies -- 2. Introspection and Second Language Research -- Classification Scheme for Introspective Research -- Range of Second Language Studies -- 3. Characterization of Stimulated Recall -- Review of Stimulated Recall Procedure -- Oral Interaction Research -- Acceptability Judgments -- Reading/Vocabulary -- Writing Research -- Pragmatics -- Classification of Recall Support -- Faerch and Kasper (1987) -- 4. Using Stimulated Recall Methodology -- Data Collection: Instructions for Participants and Researchers -- Data Analysis -- Interrater Reliability -- An Extended Example of Rater Training -- Data Layout and Coding -- Procedural Pitfalls -- Timing -- Recall Questions -- Language of the Recall Session -- Analysis of Stimulated Recall Data -- Sampling the Recall Data -- Preparing the Data for Coding -- Developing a Coding Scheme -- Analyzing and Describing the Data -- 5. Limitations and Additional Uses -- Issues of Validity and Reliability -- Summary -- Possible Uses For Stimulated Recall -- Interlanguage Phonology -- Classroom Interaction -- Oral Production -- Interlanguage Pragmatics -- Comprehension -- Input and Input Processing -- L2 Reading Comprehension -- Oral Interaction -- Syntactic Processing -- Vocabulary.

ISBN

• 0805832238
• 9780805832235
• 0805832246
• 9780805832242

LCCN

99036248

OCLC

• ocm41580630
• 41580630
• SCSB-1034877

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library