Dr Alessandro Benati
Courses
Reflections on Language Learning
Current Methodologies in Language Teaching
Research Methods in Language Learning
Reader in Second Language Acquisition
Link Tutor for TESOL/MA New York College, Athens
Office hours
Wednesday 1-2 pm
Qualifications
Dott.Lett. Ph.D MsC
Research Profile
Alessandro Benati is Director of Research and Enterprise in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Greenwich, UK.
He is an academic scholar in the area of second language acquisition theories and second language teaching. His research focuses on how L2 language learners process incoming linguistic information at input level. Alessandro has published over twelve books in the area of second language acquisition and language instruction, four textbooks, twenty journal articles and book chapters. He is a visiting professor in many overseas institutions and has given invited and plenary conference talks in Australia, USA, China, Greece, Italy, Japan, Turkey and in many universities in the UK. He is regular reviewer of established international journals such as Language Teaching Research, Language Learning and Language Teaching and he is in the editorial board of a series of Academic Journals and Applied Linguistics Book Series in the UK and in Europe.
Selected publications
2007 Lee, J., Benati, A. Delivering Processing Instruction in
Classroom and in Virtual Contexts: Research and Practice. London:
Equinox.
2007 Lee, J., Benati, A. Second Language Processing: An Analysis of Theory, Problems and Possible Solutions. London: Continuum.
2008 Benati, A., Lee, J. Grammar Acquisition and Processing
Instruction: Secondary And Cumulative Effects. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
2009 Benati, A. Japanese Language Teaching: A Communicative Approach.
London: Continuum.
2009 Lee, J., Benati, A. Research and Perspectives on Processing Instruction. New York: Mouton de Gruyter.
2009 Benati, A. (Ed.). Issues in Second Language Proficiency. London:
Continuum.
2010 Van Patten, B, Benati, A.,Second Language Acquisition: Key Terms. London: Continuum.
2010 Benati, A., Lee, J. Processing Instruction and Discourse.
London: Continuum.
Books in preparation
Benati, A. Key Issues in Second Language Teaching. London: Equinox.
Lee, J., Benati, A. Individual Differences and Processing Instruction.
London: Equinox.