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Direct linkIn'nami, Yo; Hijikata, Yuko; Koizumi, Rie – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2022
The relationship between working memory (WM) and second-language (L2) reading has been extensively examined, with mixed results. Our meta-analysis models the potential impact of under-researched variables considered to moderate this relationship. Results from 74 studies (228 correlations) showed a significant, small relationship between WM and L2…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Second Language Learning, Reading Comprehension, Task Analysis
Felser, Claudia; Cunnings, Ian; Batterham, Claire; Clahsen, Harald – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2012
Using the eye-movement monitoring technique in two reading comprehension experiments, this study investigated the timing of constraints on wh-dependencies (so-called island constraints) in first- and second-language (L1 and L2) sentence processing. The results show that both L1 and L2 speakers of English are sensitive to extraction islands during…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Sentences, Semantics, Eye Movements
Peer reviewedHoriba, Yukie – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1996
Examines four groups of readers: second-language (L2) intermediate; L2 advanced; first-language (L1) Japanese; and L1 English) when they processed and recalled two passages varying in degree of causal coherence. Findings indicate that L1 readers used much of their attention for higher level processes, whereas L2 readers paid more attention to…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Cognitive Processes, Coherence, College Students
