Author Archives: Yiwei Jin
Annotated Bibliography on Aljaafreh & Lantolf’s Negative Feedback and ZPD
Eva Jin Aljaafreh, A., & Lantolf, J. P. (1994). Negative feedback as regulation and second language learning in the zone of proximal development. The Modern Language Journal, 78(4), 465-483. This paper, published in 1994, is not outdated in 2016. Alijaafreh and … Continue reading
Webinar – Integrating Theories and Practice in L2 Writing Instruction by Yiwei Jin
Integrating Theories and Practice in L2 Writing Instruction 4/22/16 Presenter: Yiwei Jin This video presentation discusses how theory and practice for L2 Writing Instruction in China is developed in an unbalanced manner. While L2 writing research explores the most recent … Continue reading
Annotated Bibliography on O’Malley and Chamot’s Learning Strategies in SLA
Annotated Bibliography on O’Malley, J. M., & Chamot, A. U. (1990). Learning strategies in second language acquisition (pp. 114-150). Cambridge University Press. By Eva Jin Learning strategies in second language acquisition is a book concerning the application of cognition in SLA, or … Continue reading
Annotated Bibliography Entry for Ortega’s Syntactic complexity measures and their relationship to L2 proficiency: A research synthesis of college‐level L2 writing
Annotated Bibliography Ortega, L. (2003). Syntactic complexity measures and their relationship to L2 proficiency: A research synthesis of college‐level L2 writing. Applied linguistics, 24(4), 492-518. Eva Jin While syntactic complexity is one of the traditional criteria to measure L2 writing … Continue reading
Annotated Bibliography Entry for Pavlenko and Jarvis’ Bidirectional Transfer
Annotated Bibliography Pavlenko, A., & Jarvis, S. (2002). Bidirectional transfer. Applied linguistics,23(2), 190-214. While “transfer” in SLA is a popular topic, discussions had been largely limited to L1(s)’ influence on L2(s) despite of Selinker’s definition for transfer (1969). Pavlenko and Jarvis … Continue reading