温植胜是香港树仁大学教授，主要研究方向为二语习得与语言认知心理研究、任务型教学、语篇体裁分析等。

梅尔斯·博尔热斯·莫塔（Mailce Borges Mota）是巴西圣卡塔琳娜联邦大学外国语言文学系教授，研究兴趣为语言加工和记忆系统之间的关系。

阿瑟·麦克尼尔（Arthur McNeill）是香港科技大学语言教育中心主任和人文社会科学学院副院长，主要研究方向为二语习得、教师教育、词汇教学等。

Contents

Acknowledgements  xv

Contributors  xvii

Foreword  xxiii

Introduction and Overview  1

Part 1: Theoretical Perspectives and Models

1 Working Memory in Second Language Learning  17

2 Second Language Use, Theories of Working Memory and the Vennian Mind  29

3 Working Memory in Second Language Acquisition and Processing: The Phonological/Executive 

Model  41

4 Working Memory and Interpreting: A Commentary on Theoretical Models  63

Part 2: Working Memory in L2 Processing

5 Working Memory in L2 Character Processing: The Case of Learning to Read Chinese  85

6 Working Memory in L2 Sentence Processing: The Case with Relative Clause Attachment  105

7 Working Memory and Sentence Processing: A Commentary  125

Part 3: Working Memory in L2 Interaction and Performance

8 Working Memory, Language Analytical Ability and L2 Recasts  139

9 Working Memory, Online Planning and L2 Self-Repair Behaviour  160

10 Working Memory, Cognitive Resources and L2 Writing Performance  175

11 Working Memory and Second Language Performance: A Commentary  189

Part 4: Working Memory in L2 Instruction and Development

12 Working Memory in Processing Instruction: The Acquisition of L2 French Clitics  205

13 Working Memory, Learning Conditions and the Acquisition of L2 Syntax  224

14 Working Memory Capacity, Cognitive Complexity and L2 Recasts in Online Language Teaching  248

15 Working Memory Measures and L2 Proficiency  270

16 Working Memory and L2 Development Across the Lifespan: A Commentary  285

Final Commentary

17 Working Memory in SLA Research: Challenges and Prospects  301

Index  309