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Sources of Variation in Second and Native Language Speaking Proficiency among College-Aged Second Language Learners
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Botezatu, Mona Roxana; Guo, Taomei; Kroll, Judith F.; Peterson, Sarah; Garcia, Dalia L. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2022
We evaluated external and internal sources of variation in second language (L2) and native language (L1) proficiency among college students. One hundred and twelve native-English L2 learners completed measures of L1 and L2 speaking proficiency, working memory, and cognitive control and provided self-ratings of language exposure and use. When…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Native Language
Proficiency and Working Memory Based Explanations for Nonnative Speakers' Sensitivity to Agreement in Sentence Processing
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Coughlin, Caitlin E.; Tremblay, Annie – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2013
This study examines the roles of proficiency and working memory (WM) capacity in second-/foreign-language (L2) learners' processing of agreement morphology. It investigates the processing of grammatical and ungrammatical short- and long-distance number agreement dependencies by native English speakers at two proficiencies in French, and the…
Descriptors: Native Speakers, English (Second Language), Short Term Memory, Language Processing
Proficiency Differences in Syntactic Processing of Monolingual Native Speakers Indexed by Event-Related Potentials
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Pakulak, Eric; Neville, Helen J. – Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 2010
Although anecdotally there appear to be differences in the way native speakers use and comprehend their native language, most empirical investigations of language processing study university students and none have studied differences in language proficiency, which may be independent of resource limitations such as working memory span. We examined…
Descriptors: Syntax, Short Term Memory, Monolingualism, Correlation
Aspects of Working Memory in L2 Learning
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Juffs, Alan; Harrington, Michael – Language Teaching, 2011
This article reviews research on working memory (WM) and its use in second language (L2) acquisition research. Recent developments in the model and issues surrounding the operationalization of the construct itself are presented, followed by a discussion of various methods of measuring WM. These methods include word and digit span tasks, reading,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Research, Short Term Memory, Learning Processes
Cognitive Control and Lexical Access in Younger and Older Bilinguals
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Bialystok, Ellen; Craik, Fergus; Luk, Gigi – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2008
Ninety-six participants, who were younger (20 years) or older (68 years) adults and either monolingual or bilingual, completed tasks assessing working memory, lexical retrieval, and executive control. Younger participants performed most of the tasks better than older participants, confirming the effect of aging on these processes. The effect of…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Monolingualism, Language Processing, Bilingualism
The Teaching and Testing of Comprehension in Foreign Language Learning.
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Bernhardt, Elizabeth B.; James, Charles J. – 1987
Instructional models for foreign language reading and listening comprehension are outlined and synthesized, and an instructional procedure based on immediate recall, a standardized method for assessing first-language comprehension, is proposed. First, the interrelated processes of reading and listening comprehension, as currently defined in the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Language Processing, Language Proficiency, Language Tests