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Kim, Minkyung; Nam, Yunjung; Crossley, Scott A. – Language Testing, 2022
This study investigated the effects of working memory capacity (WMC), first language (L1) syllogistic inferencing ability, and second-language (L2) linguistic knowledge on L2 listening comprehension for passages of different lengths. Participants were 193 Korean ninth-grade learners of English. A path analysis was used to examine multivariate…
Descriptors: Native Language, Short Term Memory, Listening Comprehension, Second Language Learning
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Lee, Hansol; Warschauer, Mark; Lee, Jang Ho – Language Learning & Technology, 2017
The present study investigates the effects of two different vocabulary learning conditions in digital reading environments equipped with electronic textual glossing. The first condition presents the concordance lines of a target lexical item, thereby making learners infer its meaning by reading the referenced sentences. The second condition…
Descriptors: Indexes, Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language)
Kim, Young-Suk Grace – Grantee Submission, 2016
We investigated component language and cognitive skills of oral language comprehension of narrative texts (i.e., listening comprehension). Using the construction--integration model of text comprehension as an overarching theoretical framework, we examined direct and mediated relations of foundational cognitive skills (working memory and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Skills, Cognitive Ability, Oral Language