工作记忆就是在头脑中储存信息吗？
工作记忆与语言的理解和产出有什么联系？
不同阶段的二语学习者对工作记忆的依赖有什么差别？
为了进一步厘清工作记忆与二语习得及加工之间的复杂关系，本书作者与认知导向的二语习得研究人员共同努力，致力于解决有关工作记忆和二语习得关系的主要问题，希望能为相关研究提供一些新思路和新方向。

Acknowledgements
Contributors
Foreword
Michael Bunting and Randall Engle
Introduction and Overview
Zhisheng (Edward) Wen, Mailce Borges Mota and Arthur McNeill
Part 1: Theoretical Perspectives and Models
1 Working Memory in Second Language Learning
Alan Baddeley
2 Second Language Use, Theories of Working Memory and the Vennian Mind
Nelson Cowan
3 Working Memory in Second Language Acquisition and Processing: The Phonological/Executive Model
Zhisheng (Edward) Wen
4 Working Memory and Interpreting: A Commentary on Theoretical Models
Yanping Dong and Rendong Cai
Part 2: Working Memory in L2 Processing
5 Working Memory in L2 Character Processing: The Case of Learning to Read Chinese
Sun-A Kim, Kiel Christianson and Jerome Packard
6 Working Memory in L2 Sentence Processing: The Case with Relative Clause Attachment_
Yuncai Dai
7 Working Memory and Sentence Processing: A Commentary
Alan Juffs
Part 3: Working Memory in L2 Interaction
8 Working Memory, Language Analytical Ability and L2 Recasts
Shaofeng Li
9 Working Memory, Online Planning and L2 Self-Repair Behaviour 160
Mohammad Javad Ahmadian
10 Working Memory, Cognitive Resources and L2 Writing Performance
Yanbin Lu
11 Working Memory and Second Language Performance:A Commentary
Peter Skehan
Part 4: Working Memory in L2 Instruction and Development
12 Working Memory in Processing Instruction: The Acquisition of L2 French Clitics
Kindra Santamaria and Gretchen Sunderman
13 Working Memory, Learning Conditions and the Acquisition of L2 Syntax
Kaitlyn M. Tagarelli, Mailce Borges Mota and Patrick Rebuschat
14 Working Memory Capacity, Cognitive Complexity and L2 Recasts in Online Language Teaching
Melissa Baralt
15 Working Memory Measures and L2 Proficiency
Anne E. Mitchell, Scott Jarvis, Michelle O'Malley and Irina Konstantinova
16 Working Memory and L2 Development Across the Lifespan: A Commentary
Clare Wright
Final Commentary
17 Working Memory in SLA Research: Challenges and Prospects
John Williams
Index