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Berghoff, Robyn – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2023
This study replicates Felser and Roberts (2007), which used a cross-modal picture priming task to examine indirect-object dependency processing in classroom L2 learners. The replication focuses on early L2 learners with extensive naturalistic L2 exposure (n = 22)--an understudied group in the literature--and investigates whether these learners, in…
Descriptors: Language Processing, Questioning Techniques, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Vafaee, Payman; Suzuki, Yuichi – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2020
The main purpose of the current study was to examine the relative significance of vocabulary knowledge (VK) and syntactic knowledge (SK) in second language (L2) listening ability, while accounting for the effect of several cognitive and affective factors. A total of 263 English-as-a-foreign-language learners took a standardized listening test…
Descriptors: Syntax, Second Language Learning, Memory, Language Tests
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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