Stimulated Recall Methodology in Second Language Research (Second Language Acquisition Research)

363 Pages·2000·1.67 MB·English

by  Susan M. Gass

Stimulated Recall Methodology in Second
title: Language Research Second Language
Acquisition Research
author: Gass, Susan M.; Mackey, Alison.
publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
isbn10 | asin: 0805832238
print isbn13: 9780805832235
ebook isbn13: 9780585331850
language: English
Second language acquisition--Research,
subject
Recollection (Psychology)
publication date: 2000
lcc: P118.2.G376 2000eb
ddc: 401/.93
Second language acquisition--Research,
subject: Recollection (Psychology)
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Stimulated Recall Methodology in Second
Language Research
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Second Language Acquisition Research Theoretical and
Methodological Issues
Susan Gass and Jacquelyn Schachter, Editors
Tarone/Gass/Cohen Research Methodololgy in Second-Language
Acquisition
Schachter/Gass Second Language Classroom Research: Issues and
Opportunities
Birdsong Second Language Acquisition and the Critical Period
Hypothesis
Monographs on Research Methodology
Gass/Mackey Stimulated Recall Methodology in Second Language
Research
Yule Referential Communication Tasks
Markee Conversation Analysis
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Stimulated Recall Methodology in Second
Language Research
Susan M. Gass
Michigan State University
Alison Mackey
Georgetown University
Page iv
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Gass, Susan M.
Stimulated recall methodology in second language research / Susan
M. Gass, Alison Mackey.
p. cm. -- (second language acquisition reserch)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8058-3223-8 (c: alk. paper). ISBN 0-8058-3224-6 (pbk. : alk.
paper).
1. Second language acquisition-
Research. 2. Recollection (Psychology)
I. Mackey, Alison. II. Title. III. Series.
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Contents
Foreword ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
1 1
Introduction to Introspective Methods
Background 1
Introspective Methods 3
The Usefulness of Reflections on Mental Processes 3
Introspection and Behaviorism 6
Behaviorism and the Study of Language 9
Verbal Reporting 11
Stimulated Recall 17
What Topics Can Be Explored Using Stimulated Recall 20
Methodology?
Knowledge Types 21
Knowledge Structures 22
Cognitive Processes and Learner Strategies 23
Conclusion 24
2 25
Introspection and Second Language Research
Classification Scheme for Introspective Research 26
Range of Second Language Studies 28
Conclusion 35
3 37
Characterization of Stimulated Recall
Review of Stimulated Recall Procedure 37
Oral Interaction Research 38
Perceptions of Comprehension 38
Experimental Research 38
Qualitative Research 39
Communication Problems 40
Acceptability Judgments 42
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Reading/Vocabulary 43
Writing Research 44
Tutorial Sessions 44
Writer's Block 44
Composing Process 46
Pragmatics 46
Classification of Recall Support 47
Færch and Kasper (1987) 48
Relationship to Specific Action 48
Temporal Relationship to Action 49
Participant Training 50
Procedural Structure 52
Stimulus for Recall 53
Initiation of Questions/Recall Interaction 53
4 57
Using Stimulated Recall Methodology
Data Collection: Instructions for Participants and 57
Researchers
Data Analysis 63
Interrater Reliability 63
An Extended Example of Rater Training 69
Data Layout and Coding 77