WORKING MEMORY CAPACITY AND L2 READING
| Autor: | Yo In'nami, Yuko Hijikata, Rie Koizumi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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050101 languages & linguistics
Linguistics and Language Working memory media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 050105 experimental psychology Language and Linguistics Education Meta-analysis Reading (process) 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Psychology Cognitive psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 44:381-406 |
| ISSN: | 1470-1545 0272-2631 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s0272263121000267 |
| Popis: | 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 underresearched variables considered to moderate this relationship. Results from 74 studies (228 correlations) showed a significant, small relationship between WM and L2 reading (r = .300). Of the eight moderators examined, the WM–L2 reading relationship differed between studies using first-language (L1) and L2 WM tasks and between studies reporting and not reporting WM task reliability. Methodological features of reading comprehension measures or learners’ proficiency did not moderate the relationship. These results suggest that measurement practices of WM—rather than L2 reading measures or learner characteristics—matter in understanding the WM–L2 reading relationship. Implications and future directions are discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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