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TY - JOUR
T1 - Measuring implicit and explicit knowledge in second language research
AU - Rebuschat, Patrick
PY - 2013/9
Y1 - 2013/9
N2 - This article reviews three types of measures which have been widely used in psychological research to assess the conscious or unconscious status of knowledge: retrospective verbal reports, direct and indirect tests, and subjective measures. The goal is to make these techniques available to a wide audience of second language (L2) researchers and to offer suggestions for their sound use in order to promote the study of implicit L2 learning. Each section begins with a brief definition of what it means to have acquired unconscious (implicit) knowledge according to the measure in question. This is followed by a description of representative studies that illustrate how the technique has been used and by a discussion of its limitations. Each section concludes with specific guidelines on how to apply the respective measure to the investigation of implicit and explicit L2 learning.
AB - This article reviews three types of measures which have been widely used in psychological research to assess the conscious or unconscious status of knowledge: retrospective verbal reports, direct and indirect tests, and subjective measures. The goal is to make these techniques available to a wide audience of second language (L2) researchers and to offer suggestions for their sound use in order to promote the study of implicit L2 learning. Each section begins with a brief definition of what it means to have acquired unconscious (implicit) knowledge according to the measure in question. This is followed by a description of representative studies that illustrate how the technique has been used and by a discussion of its limitations. Each section concludes with specific guidelines on how to apply the respective measure to the investigation of implicit and explicit L2 learning.
KW - implicit learning
KW - explicit learning
KW - implicit knowledge
KW - explicit knowledge
KW - awareness
KW - verbal reports
KW - subjective measures
KW - second language acquisition
U2 - 10.1111/lang.12010
DO - 10.1111/lang.12010
M3 - Journal article
VL - 63
SP - 595
EP - 626
JO - Language Learning
JF - Language Learning
SN - 0023-8333
IS - 3
ER -