Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Background of the study
1.2 Value of the study
1.3 Outline of the study
1.4 Framework of the book
Chapter Two Theoretical Framework. the Adoption of ACT
2.1 Introduction
2.2 General characteristics of automatization
2.3 Instance-based vs. Rule-based
2.4 Motivations for adopting Anderson's ACT
2.5 The ACT framework
2.6 Chapter summary
Chapter Three Measurement：Automatization and Automaticity
3.1 Introduction
3.2 A continuum view of automatization
3.3 A dichotomy view of automaticity
3.4 Issues to be addressed further
3.5 Chapter summary
Chapter Four Online Processing of Subject-verb Agreement in L2 English
4.1 Introduction
4.2 The reasons for adopting English subject-verb agreement as the target grammar
4.3 English subject-verb agreement in L2 acquisition
4.4 Chapter summary
Chapter Five Research Design and Methodology
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Rationale for the present study
5.3 Research questions
5.4 Participants
5.5 Materials
5.6 Procedure of data collection
5.7 Chapter summary
Chapter Six Results
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Experiment 1：English native speakers (NSs)
6.3 Experiment 2：Chinese EFL learners
6.4 Chapter summary
Chapter Seven Discussion
7.1 Introduction
7.2 English native speakers vs. Chinese EFL learners. L1-L2dissimilarity at play
7.3 Proficient EFL learners vs. less-proficient EFL learners：Proficiency at play
7.4 Adjacent SV agreement vs. nonadjacent SV agreement: WM at play
7.5 Chapter summary
Chapter Eight Implications and Conclusion
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Research questions and results revisited
8.3 Implications
8.4 Innovations of the study
8.5 Limitations of the study
8.6 Recommendations for future research
8.7 Conclusions
Appendix 1 Test Materials Used in the SPR Experiment
Appendix 2 A Pre-experiment Vocabulary Test
Appendix 3 Background Questionnaire for English Native Speakers
Appendix 4 Language Background Questionnaire for EFL Learners
Appendix 5 Oxford Placement Test
Appendix 6 A Written Test for Testing Explicit Knowledge about Subject-verb Agreement in English
Appendix 7 A Form for Experimental Record
Bibliography
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