Exploring the Relationship Between Modified Output and Working Memory Capacity

Exploring the Relationship Between Modified Output and Working Memory Capacity

This study examines the relationship between learners’ production of modified output and their working memory (WM) capacity. The task‐based interactions of 42 college‐level, native English‐speaking learners of Spanish as a foreign language were examined. A relationship was found between learners’ WM...

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Veröffentlicht in:Language learning 2010-09, Vol.60 (3), p.501-533
Hauptverfasser: Mackey, Alison, Adams, Rebecca, Stafford, Catherine, Winke, Paula
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adults. Performance, acquisition
Cognition & reasoning
College Students
corrective feedback
English
Foreign language learning
interaction
Interpersonal Communication
Language Processing
Linguistics
Memory
modified output
Native Speakers
Production and comprehension processes
Psycholinguistics
Psychology of language
Scores
second language acquisition (SLA)
Second Language Learning
Short Term Memory
Spanish
Spanish language
Task Analysis
task-based research
Tests
working memory capacity
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Zusammenfassung:This study examines the relationship between learners’ production of modified output and their working memory (WM) capacity. The task‐based interactions of 42 college‐level, native English‐speaking learners of Spanish as a foreign language were examined. A relationship was found between learners’ WM test scores and their tendency to modify output. Specifically, greater processing capacity was related to greater production of modified output during interaction.
ISSN:0023-8333
1467-9922
DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9922.2010.00565.x