Face to Face with the Ghost in the Machine: Psycholinguistics and TESOL

Autor/in	Field, John
Titel	Face to Face with the Ghost in the Machine: Psycholinguistics and TESOL
Quelle	In: TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 42 (2008) 3, S.361-374 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0039-8322
Schlagwörter	Psycholinguistics; Language Processing; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Teaching Methods; Language Skills; Bilingualism; Language Usage; Vocabulary; Linguistic Theory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psycholinguistik; Sprachverarbeitung; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Bilingualismus; Sprachgebrauch; Wortschatz; Linguistische Theorie
Abstract	Psycholinguistics is the study of how the mind handles language. There is some lack of consensus as to how far the scope of the field extends, but this article focuses on its most central concerns, namely, how language is acquired, how it is stored in the mind, and how it is processed in use. It aims to build bridges to some of the more important ideas in psycholinguistics and to show their relevance to English language teaching. This article illustrates the range and variety of the insights into L2 performance that can be achieved by drawing on findings in psycholinguistics. The strength of the findings in question is that they are not speculative or intuitive but are supported by strong empirical evidence of how language users actually behave. The article demonstrates how a better understanding of language processing might influence the way in which the teaching of all four skills is handled. It also adds to what people know of how vocabulary is stored in L2 users' minds. (Contains 6 footnotes.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10