Chapter 1 Automaticity and Second Language Acquisition

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Why Study Automaticity?

1.3 Definitions of Automaticity

1.4 Theories of Automaticity

1.5 The Acquisition Models and Promotion of Automaticity

1.6 Automaticity in SLA

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Chapter 2 Assessing Automaticity in Second Language Acquisition

2.1 Introduction

2.2 A Three-Dimensional Model in L2 Competence

2.3 Automaticity：An Easy Neglected Dimension in Assessing L2 Competence

2.4 Methods for Assessing Automaticity in L2 Competence

2.5 Assessing the Development of Automaticity in L2 Word Recognition

2.6 Pedagogical Implications from Automaticity

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Chapter 3 Fluency in Cognitive Processing

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Definitions of Fluency

3.3 Fluency Heuristics

3.4 Measures of L2 Fluency

3.5 Fluency as a Synonym of Oral Proficiency

3.6 Transfer Appropriate Processing

3.7 Processing Flexibility

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Chapter 4 Measuring Second Language Oral Fluency

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Fluency and Automaticity

4.3 Categories of Fluency

4.4 The Tasks for Measuring Oral Fluency

4.5 Judging Oral Fluency on Different Tasks

4.6 Potential Markers of L2 Oral Fluency

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Chapter 5 Second Language Cognitive Automaticity

5.1 Introduction

5.2 A Cognitive Science Perspective on Processing Automaticity

5.3 Automaticity and L2 Processing Efficiency

5.4 Automaticity Defined as Ballistic Processing

5.5 Automaticity as Processing Stability

5.6 Attention-Based Aspects of L2 Cognitive Automaticity

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Chapter 6 Neurocognitive and Neuroimaging Studies of Automaticity

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Neuroscientific Issues in L2 Automaticity

6.3 Neural Correlates of Automaticity

6.4 Neural Correlates Studies in L2 Processing

6.5 Neural Correlates of Attention Control in Language Selection

6.6 Cognitive Formal Modeling

6.7 Philosophical Approaches

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Chapter 7 Automaticity and Cognitive Science

7.1 Introduction

7.2 A Cognitive Science Approach to Automaticity

7.3 The Nature of L2 Automaticity from Cognitive Science Perspective

7.4 Memory-Based Theories of Automaticity

7.5 Dynamic Systems Theory Approach

7.6 Instructed Implications of Automaticity

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