Roy Lyster

List of John Benjamins publications in which Roy Lyster is involved.

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Learning and Teaching Languages Through Content: A counterbalanced approach

Roy Lyster

Based on a synthesis of classroom SLA research that has helped to shape evolving perspectives of content-based instruction since the introduction of immersion programs in Montreal more than 40 years ago, this book presents an updated perspective on integrating language and content in ways that… read more

[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 18] 2007. xii, 172 pp.

Ballinger, Susan, Roy Lyster, Andrea Sterzuk and Fred Genesee 2017 Context-appropriate crosslinguistic pedagogy: Considering the role of language status in immersion education Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education 5:1, pp. 30–57 | Article

In the field of second language education, researchers increasingly call for crosslinguistic pedagogical practices meant to encourage bilingual learners to draw on all of their linguistic resources regardless of the focus of instruction or the status of the target language. These recommendations… read more

Lyster, Roy 2017 Introduction to part I: SLA perspectives on learning and teaching language through content Applied Linguistics Perspectives on CLIL, Llinares, Ana and Tom Morton (eds.), pp. 19–31 | Article

Lyster, Roy and Diane J. Tedick 2014 Research perspectives on immersion pedagogy: Looking back and looking forward Language Immersion Education: A research agenda for 2015 and beyond, Tedick, Diane J. and Siv Björklund (eds.), pp. 210–224 | Article

This article presents an overview of immersion pedagogy and how it has developed over the years in conjunction with classroom research and evolving classroom practices. We first consider initial conceptualization of immersion pedagogy as being primarily content-based and input-driven with only an… read more

Lyster, Roy and Masatoshi Sato 2013 Chapter 4. Skill Acquisition Theory and the role of practice in L2 development Contemporary Approaches to Second Language Acquisition, García Mayo, María del Pilar, María Juncal Gutiérrez Mangado and María Martínez-Adrián (eds.), pp. 71–92 | Chapter

This chapter presents an overview of research in support of Skill Acquisition Theory and the claim that contextualized oral practice in conjunction with feedback promotes continued second language growth. Skill acquisition is explained as a gradual transition from effortful use to more automatic… read more

Lyster, Roy, Jorge Quiroga and Susan Ballinger 2013 The effects of biliteracy instruction on morphological awareness Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education 1:2, pp. 169–197 | Article

This classroom intervention study investigated the effects of biliteracy instruction on Grade 2 students’ morphological awareness in French and English. Three pairs of partner teachers (French/English) participating in a professional development project co-designed and implemented biliteracy tasks… read more

Lyster, Roy and Kazuya Saito 2010 Interactional feedback as instructional input: A synthesis of classroom SLA research The Processing of Input in Second Language Acquisition / Le traitement de l'input dans l'acquisition des langues étrangères, Véronique, Georges Daniel (ed.), pp. 276–297 | Article

This article reports on an increasing number of SLA studies showing that interactional feedback plays a significant role in improving classroom learners’ use of the target language. Whereas the provision of feedback has proven more effective than no feedback, there are still many variables that… read more

Lyster, Roy 2008 1. Evolving perspectives on learning French as a second language through immersion Studies in French Applied Linguistics, Ayoun, Dalila (ed.), pp. 3–36 | Article

Ce chapitre passe en revue la recherche empirique ayant contribué à modeler les perspectives changeantes de l’enseignement immersif depuis la mise en place des programmes d’immersion française à Montréal il y a plus de 40 ans déjà. La recherche montre que les élèves en immersion française… read more