Petru Cervac’s Reviews > Theories in Second Language Acquisition: An Introduction > Status Update
Petru Cervac
is on page 143 of 327
This chapter talked about the input processing model. People are driven to understand the meaning of the input and are using any trick possible to obtain the meaning. They are also driven to use the least amount of processing possible. This is why lexicological cues are comprehended before syntactic ones and why cues without alternatives are processed before cues with more alternatives
— Jan 07, 2026 10:31AM
Like flag
Petru’s Previous Updates
Petru Cervac
is on page 265 of 327
Vygotsky—another dead Russian guy who I never heard about and who was more productive than I ever will be.
— Jan 08, 2026 10:48AM
Petru Cervac
is on page 179 of 327
The DP model. Of course, knowing more about how the human brain works helps us better understand how SLA works.
— Jan 07, 2026 02:31PM
