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TY - JOUR
T1 - The role of working memory in processing L2 input
T2 - insights from eye-tracking
AU - Indrarathne, Bimali
AU - Kormos, Judit
N1 - https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bilingualism-language-and-cognition/article/role-of-working-memory-in-processing-l2-input-insights-from-eyetracking/65888DA6E0C65933160BA90DBAE7AA3C The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal, Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 21 (2), pp 355-374 2018, © 2017 Cambridge University Press.
PY - 2018/3
Y1 - 2018/3
N2 - Our study investigated how attention paid to a target syntactic construction causative had is related the storage capacity and attention regulation function of working memory (WM) and how these WM abilities moderate the change of knowledge of the target construction in different input conditions. 80 Sri Lankan learners of English were exposed to examples of the target construction in explicit and implicit learning conditions and their eye movements were tracked as they read the input. Correlational and multiple regression analyses indicated a very strong relationship between WM abilities and gains in the knowledge of the target construction. WM scores were closely associated with gains in receptive knowledge in all input conditions, but they had a weaker link to the improvement of productive knowledge in the implicit learning conditions. The amount of attention paid to input was also strongly related to WM abilities.
AB - Our study investigated how attention paid to a target syntactic construction causative had is related the storage capacity and attention regulation function of working memory (WM) and how these WM abilities moderate the change of knowledge of the target construction in different input conditions. 80 Sri Lankan learners of English were exposed to examples of the target construction in explicit and implicit learning conditions and their eye movements were tracked as they read the input. Correlational and multiple regression analyses indicated a very strong relationship between WM abilities and gains in the knowledge of the target construction. WM scores were closely associated with gains in receptive knowledge in all input conditions, but they had a weaker link to the improvement of productive knowledge in the implicit learning conditions. The amount of attention paid to input was also strongly related to WM abilities.
KW - Attention
KW - working memory capacity
KW - central executive functions
KW - input processing
KW - eye-tracking
U2 - 10.1017/S1366728917000098
DO - 10.1017/S1366728917000098
M3 - Journal article
VL - 21
SP - 355
EP - 374
JO - Bilingualism: Language and Cognition
JF - Bilingualism: Language and Cognition
SN - 1366-7289
IS - 2
ER -