Topic: Teaching Grammar in Language Teacher Education: Processing Instruction and Effect of Transfer of Training
In this talk, in the first part, I will tell you the story of four Indian blind men. You will then receive a brief introduction to processing instruction – an intervention, not a method; an intervention based upon VanPatten’s years-long input processing theory. In the second part, I will talk about a specific research study that I am still carrying out with the support of the TUBITAK 1001 grant. It is an experimental study that investigates any effect of input or output on the better way of teaching notoriously difficult linguistic forms in L2 Grammar. It is also an innovative study that uses an Eye Tracking Instrument, not pen and paper tests, to gather cognitive results. In line with the scope of the research, an array of ‘concrete’ pedagogical implications will be given for language teachers regarding optimal ways of teaching grammar, and suggestions will be made for further research.
Bio
Adem Soruç is an Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics at the Department of English Translation and Interpreting, Samsun University, Turkey. He taught at the MATESOL programme at the University of Bath, the UK, before returning to Turkey. He is researching Instructed SLA, neurolinguistics, the use of English as the medium of instruction in higher education and individual learner differences. He has published a wide range of articles in reputable journals such as System, ELT Journal, IRAL, and RELC Journal. He has also co-authored and published a monograph on individual learner differences from Palgrave.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4165-6260
Contact details: Department of Translation and Interpreting, Samsun University, Turkey
(adem.soruc@samsun.edu.tr).