Prof. Alessandro Benati
Courses
Reflections on Language Learning
Current Methodologies in Language Teaching
Research Methods in Language Learning
Professor of Applied Linguistics and Second Language Studies
Office hours
Wednesday 1-2 pm
Professor Alessandro Benati is Director of Research and Enterprise in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. He is an academic scholar in the area of applied linguistics and second language acquisition. His research focuses on how L2 language learners process incoming linguistic information at input level.
He has worked extensively with James Lee (UNSW) on classroom-based research measuring primary and secondary effects of processing instruction. Their most recent collaboration is Processing Instruction and Discourse (Continuum, 2010). He has also collaborated with Bill VanPatten (Michigan State University) on a book on second language acquisition (Key Terms in Second Language Acquisition, 2010). He is currently preparing a book on processing instruction and individual differences and two other books: one on language teaching (Key Issues in Second Language Teaching, 2012); and the other, with Maria del Pilar Garcia Mayo (UPV), on second language acquisition theories (Second Language Acquisition: A Theoretical Introduction to Real World Applications, 2013). He is editor of an international book series on Instructed Second Language Research (Continuum).
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 Lee, J., Benati, A. Research and Perspectives on Processing Instruction. New York: Mouton de Gruyter.