Across repetition cycles, attention can shift from message meaning to linguistic form, enabling recycled language and self-correction¶

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q2 i? Because attention is a limited resource, once learners have focused on the message in the first cycle, repeating the task allows attention to shift to linguistic aspects over the cycles. → Rafael Zaccaron 2019

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Rafael Zaccaron 2019¶

Rafael Zaccaron. (2019). Ideas for integrating meaningful immediate repetition tasks in the English as an additional language classroom: promoting fluency. BELT, 10(2). http://dx.doi.org/10.15448/2178-3640.2019.2.32988

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The article draws on Schmidt's (2001) claim that attention is a limited resource and on Bygate and Samuda (2005) to explain why repetition cycles let learners "shift to linguistic aspects of the message"; the author reports noticing students correcting their own speech during repetition.

"once students have focused on the message they wanted to convey in the first cycle, the repetition of the task allows for their attention to shift to linguistic aspects of the message (Bygate and Samuda, 2005) over the cycles."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

Attention — outcome: instruction changes it

Practice of grammar rules improves only the practiced skill, showing skill specificity of L2 automatization — the general claim this finding bears on, with the studies behind it
Language subsystems may show supportive, competitive, or precursor relationships depending on available cognitive resources — related
Early-stage IDC growth shows simplification, linearity, and dogmatism, with focal points shifting from format to content to technology across rounds — related
Purely mechanical drills are of limited use because they do not train learners to conceptualize a meaning and express it linguistically — related
Structured repetition gains in fluency depend on repeating the same task — related
Task repetition can be used as a form of integrative planning in language learning and teaching — related
Children's drawings suggested they noticed the robot's embedded integration elements and shifted attention from the robot to peer communication — related
In bilingual education, scaffolding denotes support that allows learners to engage with content in a language they only partially know — related

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`title`	`Across repetition cycles, attention can shift from message meaning to linguistic form, enabling recycled language and self-correction`
`description`	`Across repetition cycles, attention can shift from message meaning to linguistic form, enabling recycled language and self-correction`
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