Prior studies reviewed in this article report PI superior to mechanical output practice for acquisition, especially on interpretation tasks¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2012 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? The article's literature review concludes PI is superior to mechanical output practice for acquisition, citing VanPatten and Cadierno (1993), Cadierno (1995), Allen (2000), Benati (2001) and Buck (2006). → Hossein Hashemnezhad & Sanaz Khalili Zangalani 2012 q2 i? The review reports mixed production results: in several studies production gains did not differ between PI and TI groups, and Allen (2000) found TI more effective for producing the French causative. → Hossein Hashemnezhad & Sanaz Khalili Zangalani 2012 (2)

Evidence¶

Hossein Hashemnezhad & Sanaz Khalili Zangalani 2012¶

Hossein Hashemnezhad & Sanaz Khalili Zangalani. (2012). The Effects of Processing Instruction and Traditional Instruction on Iranian EFL Learners' Writing Ability. English Language Teaching, 5(11). http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/elt.v5n11p125

q2 · i? · causal · r2

Narrative review synthesis in Section 2.4 attributing the conclusion to five named prior studies; the review reports, citing those authors, that PI outperformed output practice, particularly on interpretation tasks.

"From the studies reviewed, it seems clear that PI is superior to mechanical ou tput practice for acquisition (VanPatten & Cadierno, 1993; Cadierno, 1995; Allen, 20 00; Benati, 2001; Buck, 2006)."

Hossein Hashemnezhad & Sanaz Khalili Zangalani 2012 (2)¶

Hossein Hashemnezhad & Sanaz Khalili Zangalani. (2012). The Effects of Processing Instruction and Traditional Instruction on Iranian EFL Learners' Writing Ability. English Language Teaching, 5(11). http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/elt.v5n11p125

q2 · i? · causal · r2

Narrative review attributing this finding to Allen (2000); the review also reports VanPatten and Wong's (2004) replication found different results from Allen's but similar results to VanPatten and Cadierno (1993), so production findings are inconsistent across studies.

"Allen (2000) investigated the relative effect of PI and TI on the acquisiti on of the French ca usative and found that PI was as effective as TI enabling learners to interpret the French causa tive and that TI is more effective in enabling learners to produce the French causative."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Processing instruction produces significant gains in both sentence-level comprehension and production — related
• Skill develops through engaging in the target activity itself, not through mechanistic drill of isolated components — a broader claim this one bears on
• Explicit information mediated PI's superiority over PBI on interpretation: PI-EI and PBI-EI performed equally, so the PI+EI advantage was attributed to EI, not structured input alone — related