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1、LanguageLearning53:3,September2003,pp.497545DifferentialEffectsofAttentionSusanGassandIldiko´SveticsMichiganStateUniversitySarahLemelinOaklandCommunityCollegeThisstudyquestionstheextenttowhichattentiondifferentiallyaffectsdifferentpartsoflanguageandhowthisdifferentialeffectinterac
2、tswithincreasedlinguisticknowledge(i.e.,proficiency).Thirty-fourEnglishspeakersenrolledinItalian1st-,2nd-,and3rd-yearforiegnlan-guagecoursesintheUnitedStateswereplacedintooneoftwoconditions([þfocusedattention]and[focusedattention])foreachofthreelinguisticareas(syntax,morphosyntax
3、,andlexicon).ItwaspredictedthatfocusedSusanGass,EnglishLanguageCenter;IIdiko´Svetics,DepartmentofEnglish;SarahLemelin,DepartmentofESL.Fundingforpartofthisprojectwasprovidedbyfederalgrants(numbersP229A60012andP229A990012)toestablishaNationalForeignLanguageResourceCenteratMichiganSt
4、ateUniversity.WearegratefultoCynthiaCraigandJosephFrancesefortheircooperationinallowingustorecruitparticipantsfromtheirItalianclasses.WearealsogratefultoOlegMakhninandMargaridaGeraldesforhelpwiththestatisticalanalysesusedinthisarticle.LeonardoLombardiniprovidedassistancewiththeIta
5、lianexamples,andfinally,AbdelkrimZebdi(underthesupervisionofDennieHoopingarner)wrotetheprogramusedfortheexperimentalprocedure.Wearegratefultoanonymousreviewersforhelpfulcommentsonanearlierversionofthisarticle.Finally,AlisonMackeyprovidednumerousinsightfulcommentsthroughoutvariouss
6、tagesofthisproject.Werecognizeeveryonewhocontributedtothisstudy,butwealoneareresponsibleforanyerrorsthatremain.CorrespondenceconcerningthisarticlemaybeaddressedtoSusanGass,EnglishLanguageCenter,A-714WellsHall,MichiganStateUniversity,EastLansing,MI48824.Internet:gass@msu.edu497498L
7、anguageLearningVol.53,No.3attentionwouldhavethegreatesteffectonthelexiconandtheleastonsyntax.Theresultsshowedtheopposite.Forthenon-focused-attentioncondition,thepredictedresultswereborneout.Withregardtoproficiency,focusedattentionhadadiminishingeffect,withthegreatesteffectinearlyp
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