Evy Woumans

Biographic Data

ID1692040
NAMEEvy Woumans
GIVEN NAMESEvy
FAMILY NAMEWoumans
SIGNATUREWOUMANS E
AFFILIATIONSGhent University
ORCID0000-0001-8737-5101
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS6
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Reflections of Former CLIL Pupils on Their Motivations, Expectations and Perceived Learning Outcomes

    Open AccessNiels Planckaert, Zoë Clabau et al.ARTICLEEducation Sciences2026

    This paper explores how former CLIL pupils who have completed secondary school reflect on their experiences with Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) through a survey with both open- and closed-ended questions. Data was gathered on former pupils’ initial expectations, their motivations, their evaluations of their teachers’ competence, and the perceived impact of CLIL on their language proficiency and content understanding. The sample c…

  • The word frequency effect in first- and second-language reading by Chinese and Dutch bilinguals

    Open AccessLongjiao Sui, Evy Woumans et al.ARTICLEBilingualism Language and Cognition2025

    High-frequency words are processed faster than low-frequency words, known as the word frequency effect (FE). Although the FE has been studied in various writing systems as well as in first- (L1) and second-language (L2) reading, existing theoretical hypotheses are mainly based on findings in alphabetic languages. To date, no study has investigated theoretical explanations of the FE such as the learning hypothesis, the lexical entrenchment hypothe…

  • Text recall and use of advance organisers in first and second language

    Open AccessSara Dhaene, Evy WoumansARTICLEStudies in Second Language…2023

    Previous research identified that studying texts in a second language (L2) as opposed to the first (L1) results in substantially weaker recall. We hypothesized that use of advance organizers (AOs) might attenuate this L2 recall cost by supporting L2 users in the construction of more solid memory representations. One hundred Dutch-English bilinguals studied two texts in either L1 or L2, and with or without the help of a mind map. The previously re…

  • Moses or Noah? A case of ‘potato-potahto’ when using a foreign language

    Open AccessSara Dhaene, Nicolas Dirix et al.ARTICLEBilingualism Language and Cognition2022

    Research among bilinguals suggests a foreign language effect for various tasks requiring a more systematic processing style. For instance, bilinguals seem less prone to heuristic reasoning when solving problem statements in their foreign (FL) as opposed to their native (NL) language. The present study aimed to determine whether such an effect might also be observed in the detection of semantic anomalies. Participants were presented NL and FL ques…

  • An interpreter advantage in executive functions: A systematic review

    Open AccessSoudabeh Nour, Esli Struys et al.ARTICLEInterpreting International…2020References: 9

    The aim of this systematic literature review was to answer the question of which executive function is most affected by interpreter training and experience. We used the ‘unity and diversity’ framework of executive functions to distinguish between three executive components: Response and Distractor Inhibition, Shifting , and Updating . Among the seventeen studies included in the review, we only found evidence for an interpreter advantage on Shifti…

  • Investigating the presumed cognitive advantage of aspiring interpreters

    Alexandra Rosiers, Evy Woumans et al.ARTICLEInterpreting International…2019Cited by: 2References: 5

    In complex tasks such as interpreting, the importance of a well-functioning working memory can hardly be overestimated. However, empirical studies have failed to produce consistent results with regard to an interpreter advantage in working memory. Recent studies tend to focus on the executive component of working memory. To our knowledge, no such study has compared the possible cognitive advantage of aspiring interpreters relative to other multil…

  • The influence of language-switching experience on the bilingual executive control advantage

    Open AccessNELE VERREYT, Evy Woumans et al.ARTICLEBilingualism Language and Cognition2016

    In an ongoing debate, bilingual research currently discusses whether bilingualism enhances non-linguistic executive control. The goal of this study was to investigate the influence of language-switching experience, rather than language proficiency, on this bilingual executive control advantage. We compared the performance of unbalanced bilinguals, balanced non-switching, and balanced switching bilinguals on two executive control tasks, i.e. a fla…

  • The Longitudinal Effect of Bilingual Immersion Schooling on Cognitive Control and Intelligence

    Open AccessEvy Woumans, Jill Surmont et al.ARTICLELanguage Learning2016Cited by: 4References: 40

    Throughout the past century, the effects of bilingualism on general cognition have been extensively explored. Studies evolved from a negative to a more positive perspective, but longitudinal assessments of effects of bilingualism are scarce. This study investigated the long-term effect of becoming a bilingual on the development of general intelligence and cognitive control. We followed 27 five-year-old children initiating bilingual kindergarten a…

  • Short-term memory for order but not for item information is impaired in developmental dyslexia

    Open AccessWibke M Hachmann, Louisa Bogaerts et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Dyslexia2014