| Presentation | 2011-11-26 The effect of cognitive load through processing factors on the recall performance in reading span tests of Japanese EFL learners Hiroshi NAKANISHI, Hirokazu YOKOKAWA, |
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| Abstract(in English) | This study attempts to explore the effects of cognitive processing load (i.e., semantic, syntactic, and pragmatic) on storing functions and its relationship with L2 proficiency. Forty-four Japanese EFL learners completed four types of Reading Span Tests (RST) under different cognitive load manipulations on processing (i.e., semantic, syntactic, and pragmatic) and two English proficiency tests. The main results were that scores on the RST, which places a cognitive load on syntactic processing in particular, was significantly poorer than those of other types of RSTs and correlated significantly with English proficiency scores. The results suggest that English proficiency largely depends on the degree of automatization of syntactic processing. |
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| Keyword(in English) | Working Memory / Reading Span Test / Processing-storage trade-off / Syntactic processing |
| Paper # | TL2011-47 |
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| Committee | TL |
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| Conference Date | 2011/11/19(1days) |
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| Registration To | Thought and Language (TL) |
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| Language | JPN |
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| Title (in English) | The effect of cognitive load through processing factors on the recall performance in reading span tests of Japanese EFL learners |
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| Keyword(1) | Working Memory |
| Keyword(2) | Reading Span Test |
| Keyword(3) | Processing-storage trade-off |
| Keyword(4) | Syntactic processing |
| 1st Author's Name | Hiroshi NAKANISHI |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | Faculty of Letters, Tohoku Gakuin University() |
| 2nd Author's Name | Hirokazu YOKOKAWA |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | School of Languages and Communication, Kobe University |
| Date | 2011-11-26 |
| Paper # | TL2011-47 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.111 |
| Number (no) | 320 |
| Page | pp.pp.- |
| #Pages | 6 |
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