chapter 1 introduction
1.1 background to the study
1.2 rationale for the study
1.3 significance of the study
1.4 outline of the book
chapter 2 the lnteractionist approach to second languageacquisition
2.1 nature versus nurture
2.2 the interaction hypothesis
2.3 interactions and tasks
2.4 the noticing hypothesis
2.4.1 three models of attention in sla
2.4.2 noticing and sla
2.5 summary
chapter 3 recasts and second language acquisition
3.1 recasts in l1 development
3.2 recasts in l2 development
3.2.1 evidence for the effectiveness of recasts
3.2.2 lack of evidence for the effectiveness of recasts
3.3. perceptual salience of recasts
3.3.1 recasts as implicit or explicit negative evidence
3.3.2 measures of noticing in sla
3.3.3 noticing of recasts
3.3.4 noticing of full and partial recasts
3.4 recasts and repair
3.5 summary
chapter 4 the study
4.1 research questions and hypotheses
4.2 methodology
4.2.1 participants
4.2.2 target structure
4.2.3 research design
4.2.4 treatment conditions
4.2.5 materials
4.2.5.1 background questionnaire
4.2.5.2 treatment materials
4.2.5.3 testing materials
4.2.5.4 exit questionnaire
4.2.6 pilot testing
4.2.7 data collection procedure
4.2.8 stimulated recall
4.2.9 analysis
4.2.9.1 transcribing
4.2.9.2 scoring
4.2.9.3 coding
4.2.9.4 interrater reliability
4.2.9.5 statistical analyses
4.3 summary
chapter 5 results
5.1 perceptions of recasts
5.2 perceptions and l2 development
5.3 effect of task type and recast type
5.4 perceptions and repair
5.5 repair and l2 development
5.6 summary
chapter 6 discussion and conclusions
6.1 perceptions of recasts
6.2 perceptions and l2 development
6.3 effect of task type and recast type
6.4 perceptions and repair
6.5 repair and l2 development
6.6 theoretical contributions of the study
6.7 conclusions
6.8 implications
6.8.1 theoretical implications
6.8.2 practical implications
6.9 limitations
6.10 future research
notes
references
appendix a
appendix b
appendix c
appendix d
appendix e
appendix f
appendix g
appendix h
appendix i
acknowledgements
index