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Rebecca Ward; Justin Awani – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2024
This study aimed to closely replicate Wiseheart et al. ("Bilingualism: Language and Cognition," 19(1), 141-146, 2016) by investigating the transferability of language-switching skills to nonlinguistic task switching. Current evidence is mixed and there is a need to conduct robust replications in this area. Bilingual (n = 31) and…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Executive Function, Task Analysis
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Serafini, Ellen J.; Sanz, Cristina – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2016
This study investigated whether the role of working memory capacity varies over the course of second language (L2) morphosyntactic development. Eighty-seven beginning, intermediate, and advanced university L2 Spanish learners completed two nonverbal tasks measuring executive function (EF) and phonological working memory (PWM) in their native…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Role