EFL Speech Production: Exploring the relationship between working memory capacity and proficiency level
The present study explores the relationship between working memory capacity (WMC) and proficiency level in EFL1 speech production. Forty-one participants performed two WMC tests – the Speaking Span Test in L1 and in L2. The statistical analysis indicated both a variation on WMC scores in L2 as a...
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Universidade Estadual de Londrina
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| author | Gicele Vergine Vieira PREBIANCA |
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| description | The present study explores the relationship between working
memory capacity (WMC) and proficiency level in EFL1
speech production. Forty-one participants performed two WMC tests – the Speaking Span Test in L1 and in L2. The statistical analysis indicated both a variation on WMC scores in L2 as a function of proficiency as well as a difference between WMC scores in L1 and in L2. Findings are explained mainly in respect to the interplay between automatic and controlled processes on memory retrieval and on the development of L2 proficiency. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2bdc07800efc4892b804a158e6b591342022-12-21T23:37:20ZengUniversidade Estadual de LondrinaSignum: Estudos da Linguagem1516-30832237-48762013-12-01162215245EFL Speech Production: Exploring the relationship between working memory capacity and proficiency levelGicele Vergine Vieira PREBIANCA0Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaThe present study explores the relationship between working memory capacity (WMC) and proficiency level in EFL1 speech production. Forty-one participants performed two WMC tests – the Speaking Span Test in L1 and in L2. The statistical analysis indicated both a variation on WMC scores in L2 as a function of proficiency as well as a difference between WMC scores in L1 and in L2. Findings are explained mainly in respect to the interplay between automatic and controlled processes on memory retrieval and on the development of L2 proficiency.http://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/signum/article/view/15717/14028EFL speech productionWorking memory capacityProficiency level |
| spellingShingle | Gicele Vergine Vieira PREBIANCA EFL Speech Production: Exploring the relationship between working memory capacity and proficiency level Signum: Estudos da Linguagem EFL speech production Working memory capacity Proficiency level |
| title | EFL Speech Production: Exploring the relationship between working memory capacity and proficiency level |
| title_full | EFL Speech Production: Exploring the relationship between working memory capacity and proficiency level |
| title_fullStr | EFL Speech Production: Exploring the relationship between working memory capacity and proficiency level |
| title_full_unstemmed | EFL Speech Production: Exploring the relationship between working memory capacity and proficiency level |
| title_short | EFL Speech Production: Exploring the relationship between working memory capacity and proficiency level |
| title_sort | efl speech production exploring the relationship between working memory capacity and proficiency level |
| topic | EFL speech production Working memory capacity Proficiency level |
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